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Murder, She Wrote #8
The Highland Fling Murders
Doesn't this sound like great fun? A group of friends from Cabot Cove, Maine, take off for the British Isles to join Jessica Fletcher while she's on a book tour in London. They all end up at an ancient castle in Scotland. Exciting. It would have been a great vacation--except for the ghost. And the murders.
Did we mention that the castle is owned by George Sutherland? The Inspector with Scotland Yard. He's the interesting man Jess met in Gin & Daggers, the first entry in the current series of MSW, when she was in London the last time. The castle is located in the town of Wick and has been in his family for centuries.
It's a time of witches, both in the distant past and the very current, and it's a time of pitchforks to the heart. Can Jessica rise to the occasion in Scotland?
Librarian's note #1: there is an earlier MSW series by James Anderson and David Deutsch. Novelizations of TV episodes. The characters, settings, etc. have all been entered for the 4-volume original series: #1, The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985); #2, Hooray for Homicide (1985); #3, Lovers and Other Killers (1986); and #4, Murder in Two Acts (1986). But improvements welcome!
Librarian's note #2: the characters, settings, etc. have all been entered for the first 20 books in the current Jessica Fletcher / Donald Bain MSW series. They are #1, Gin & Daggers (1989) with a 2nd edition in (2000); #2, Manhattans & Murder (1994); #3, Rum & Razors (1995); #4, Brandy & Bullets (1995); #5, Martinis & Mayhem (1995); #6, A Deadly Judgment (1996); #7, A Palette for Murder (1996); #8, The Highland Fling Murders (1997); #9, Murder on the QE2 (1997); #10, Murder in Moscow (1998); #11, A Little Yuletide Murder (1998); #12, Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999); #13, Knock 'Em Dead (1999); #14, Trick or Treachery (2000); #15, Blood on the Vine (2001); #16, Murder in a Minor Key (2001); #17, Provence - To Die For (2002); #18, You Bet Your Life (2002); #19, Majoring in Murder (2003), and #20, Destination Murder (2003). But improvements welcome! Needed - a librarian to give the same treatment for #21 and on.
Did we mention that the castle is owned by George Sutherland? The Inspector with Scotland Yard. He's the interesting man Jess met in Gin & Daggers, the first entry in the current series of MSW, when she was in London the last time. The castle is located in the town of Wick and has been in his family for centuries.
It's a time of witches, both in the distant past and the very current, and it's a time of pitchforks to the heart. Can Jessica rise to the occasion in Scotland?
Librarian's note #1: there is an earlier MSW series by James Anderson and David Deutsch. Novelizations of TV episodes. The characters, settings, etc. have all been entered for the 4-volume original series: #1, The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985); #2, Hooray for Homicide (1985); #3, Lovers and Other Killers (1986); and #4, Murder in Two Acts (1986). But improvements welcome!
Librarian's note #2: the characters, settings, etc. have all been entered for the first 20 books in the current Jessica Fletcher / Donald Bain MSW series. They are #1, Gin & Daggers (1989) with a 2nd edition in (2000); #2, Manhattans & Murder (1994); #3, Rum & Razors (1995); #4, Brandy & Bullets (1995); #5, Martinis & Mayhem (1995); #6, A Deadly Judgment (1996); #7, A Palette for Murder (1996); #8, The Highland Fling Murders (1997); #9, Murder on the QE2 (1997); #10, Murder in Moscow (1998); #11, A Little Yuletide Murder (1998); #12, Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999); #13, Knock 'Em Dead (1999); #14, Trick or Treachery (2000); #15, Blood on the Vine (2001); #16, Murder in a Minor Key (2001); #17, Provence - To Die For (2002); #18, You Bet Your Life (2002); #19, Majoring in Murder (2003), and #20, Destination Murder (2003). But improvements welcome! Needed - a librarian to give the same treatment for #21 and on.
290 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1997
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Jessica Fletcher
107 books1,068 followersLibrarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Jessica Fletcher (born Jessica Beatrice MacGill, and writes under the initialed J.B. Fletcher) is a fictional character from the US television series Murder, She Wrote.
In keeping with the spirit of the TV show, a series of official original novels have been written by American ghostwriter Donald Bain. The author credit for the novels is shared with the fictitious "Jessica Fletcher." The series has been continued by authors Renée Paley-Bain, Jon Land, Terrie Farley Moran, and Barbara Early.
When the first novel in the series, Gin and Daggers, was published in 1989 it included several inaccuracies to the TV series including Jessica driving a car which she could not do as she never learned to drive. Due to fans pointing out the errors, the novel was republished in 2000 with most of the inaccuracies corrected.
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Jessica Fletcher (born Jessica Beatrice MacGill, and writes under the initialed J.B. Fletcher) is a fictional character from the US television series Murder, She Wrote.
In keeping with the spirit of the TV show, a series of official original novels have been written by American ghostwriter Donald Bain. The author credit for the novels is shared with the fictitious "Jessica Fletcher." The series has been continued by authors Renée Paley-Bain, Jon Land, Terrie Farley Moran, and Barbara Early.
When the first novel in the series, Gin and Daggers, was published in 1989 it included several inaccuracies to the TV series including Jessica driving a car which she could not do as she never learned to drive. Due to fans pointing out the errors, the novel was republished in 2000 with most of the inaccuracies corrected.
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September 28, 2025
3 Stars. Surprisingly flat. Missing a spark or two. Maybe I expected too much. Shouldn't there have been more in the romance department? After all Jessica Fletcher was visiting beautiful northern Scotland and the Wick family home of Scotland Yard Inspector Sutherland. A centuries-old castle, now a small hotel. George was the man she met while investigating the murder of a mystery writer when she was last in London. He's also the one she toured San Francisco with. I expected more in the investigation department too. Was I wrong to anticipate that together they would delve into the shocking death of a young maid? Not much of any togetherness. Daisy Wemyss had recently joined the eccentric staff at Sutherland Castle; it was Jessica who found her body - pitchforked to death. With a cross carved in her throat in the same fashion as Isabell Gowdie in 1662 after the locals accused her of witchcraft. A descendant of hers, Evelyn Gowdie, had been murdered in the 1970s. Yes, there's a touch of fun, a ghost. And most of the Cabot Cove gang is also at the castle on holiday with Sheriff Metzger playing a hand in the eventual resolution. It's OK. But a lost opportunity. (Ja2022/Se2025)
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August 11, 2023Jessica is enjoying a holiday in Scotland with her friends, and while there helps to solve a brutal murder with the help of a British detective
April 26, 2017
Reading a Murder She Wrote book is sort of like spending a weekend with old friends. I love Jessica and her friends, and always feel like I'm part of their group and their adventures. In this installment, they travel to Scotland, encounter tales of witches and curses, see a ghost (I was hooked) and unfortunately face yet another murder. The action moved along nicely, and while I did have the motive figured out, I didn't have the culprits pegged. However, I must admit that by the end, I was almost expecting Scooby-Doo and the gang to pop out of a closet somewhere in the castle. All-in-all, it was an easy, fun read and I will definitely be visiting with my Cabot Cove friends again soon.
November 2, 2022
This wasn't my favorite of the MSW books I have read thus far, which is disappointing as I had been dying to read this one for weeks! The premise set in a supposedly haunted castle owned by Jessica's dear friend George Sutherland sounded really good but for me the story fell kind of flat. It didn't grab me like others of series have. Something was just off for me. Worth a read of you like the series but it isn't my favorite by a longshot.
2nd reading Halloween 2022. I enjoyed this mystery on my reread of it. Not sure what was off on the first reading, but it was a fun one for me on the second go around.
2nd reading Halloween 2022. I enjoyed this mystery on my reread of it. Not sure what was off on the first reading, but it was a fun one for me on the second go around.
January 13, 2021
Jessica finally goes to the UK and visits Scotland to the home of the Scotland Yard detective. This home is a castle in Scotland, complete with beautiful scenery, fishing and ghosts. The castle is haunted. Along with Jessica go all the Cabot Cove friends, amoung them, Seth and Mort. This is an action packed novel with great descriptions of the Scottish highlands and the usual murder and mayham that follows Jessica around. A good story but one that one scene in London didn't seem to add enough to the story. Hence the 4 rating and not 5.
November 18, 2009
Whenever I see a "Murder She Wrote" book in my local library, I snatch it up. They aren't exactly deep or surprisingly suspenseful. But to me, they are definitely fun. Jessica is such a likable person - just the kind of woman I'd like to have as my friend, except for the fact that murder seems to follow her everywhere!
SPOILER ALERT:
This particular book would not get my vote for best in the series. It was a fairly typical "ghost" story - where someone was trying to scare people away from a castle so that the owner would be forced to sell. It nearly worked. It reminded me of a Scooby Doo cartoon mystery - "and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!" Just change it to "that meddling woman" and you've got it.
Still, I enjoyed the characters and the relationships and I'll definitely keep reading whenever I see a book from this series. Just for the fun of it.
SPOILER ALERT:
This particular book would not get my vote for best in the series. It was a fairly typical "ghost" story - where someone was trying to scare people away from a castle so that the owner would be forced to sell. It nearly worked. It reminded me of a Scooby Doo cartoon mystery - "and I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!" Just change it to "that meddling woman" and you've got it.
Still, I enjoyed the characters and the relationships and I'll definitely keep reading whenever I see a book from this series. Just for the fun of it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 23, 2021
Quite good
August 31, 2021
Oka so this book was horrible but also delightful if you know what I'm saying
April 26, 2019
This was...not good. I love Murder She Wrote but oh dear oh dear....Let's just get into it.
1.) At the very beginning of the book we get a scene in which a couple of Jessica's friends are held hostage at the Tower of London by a crazy man who wants to talk to Parliament and get his witch ancestor's name cleared. Jessica herself manages to talk the guy into letting them go. Every aspect of this entire situation is completely unrealistic from it even occurring to the way the police handle it to Jessica being allowed to go in front of the bullet proof shields. It's just bonkers but I was willing to suspend a bit of disbelief because it sets up a thing where one of the hostages is then terrified of anything to do with witches and also of people with orange eyes. BUT this thread basically gets dropped after they get to Scotland. There are a couple of references to orange eyes, but there's no tie in with the early Tower of London scene.
2.) There's not much page space devoted to the actual mystery or to sleuthing. Most of the time Jessica and her friends are just enjoying their vacation. I wish there had been more spooky ghost events and mysterious happenings. Even the murder just seemed to take the backseat in this book.
3.) This book has way too many characters. Jessica brings 11 friends from Cabot Cove along with her and that is 11 too many in my mind. I love Seth and Mort (and side note when did his wife get changed from Adele to Maureen?) but they don't really add anything to the story. If anything, Mort got on my nerves with his weird refusal to understand that he has no official standing in a foreign country. And I could barely keep track of the others, constantly having to remind myself of who was who. They just didn't matter. I think the book would have been better if Jessica had traveled by herself. We could have lost the weird Tower of London scene and then focused on learning more about the other hotel guests.
4.) The mystery itself is about as hard to figure out as your average Scooby Doo episode. Now don't get me wrong, I am a huge Scooby fan, but Mystery Inc usually figures out that pretty quick and then spends the majority of the episode looking for clues and setting a trap. It took Jessica ages to realize that, and the Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard (who you would think might be a smart person) doesn't realize it until Jessica tells him and even then he's like, Do you really think so?
5.) What on earth was that shit with the villagers arriving with pitchforks and torches?
6.) The romantic subplot was necessarily bad, it just felt wasted. We all know that Jessica is going to tell this guy that she is not interested in moving to Scotland and marrying him, so why do we need to spend so much time waiting for her to do so? And why is he so pushy about it? Like yes dude we get it, you love Jessica, but like maybe wake up to the reality that she is not going to abandon her whole life to come be your wife? I don't know, maybe this is just the 1997 showing but maybe we're meant to see this guy as oblivious. I mean at one point he's like, "Aren't you lonely living all by yourself?" and she's like, "no?".
1.) At the very beginning of the book we get a scene in which a couple of Jessica's friends are held hostage at the Tower of London by a crazy man who wants to talk to Parliament and get his witch ancestor's name cleared. Jessica herself manages to talk the guy into letting them go. Every aspect of this entire situation is completely unrealistic from it even occurring to the way the police handle it to Jessica being allowed to go in front of the bullet proof shields. It's just bonkers but I was willing to suspend a bit of disbelief because it sets up a thing where one of the hostages is then terrified of anything to do with witches and also of people with orange eyes. BUT this thread basically gets dropped after they get to Scotland. There are a couple of references to orange eyes, but there's no tie in with the early Tower of London scene.
2.) There's not much page space devoted to the actual mystery or to sleuthing. Most of the time Jessica and her friends are just enjoying their vacation. I wish there had been more spooky ghost events and mysterious happenings. Even the murder just seemed to take the backseat in this book.
3.) This book has way too many characters. Jessica brings 11 friends from Cabot Cove along with her and that is 11 too many in my mind. I love Seth and Mort (and side note when did his wife get changed from Adele to Maureen?) but they don't really add anything to the story. If anything, Mort got on my nerves with his weird refusal to understand that he has no official standing in a foreign country. And I could barely keep track of the others, constantly having to remind myself of who was who. They just didn't matter. I think the book would have been better if Jessica had traveled by herself. We could have lost the weird Tower of London scene and then focused on learning more about the other hotel guests.
4.) The mystery itself is about as hard to figure out as your average Scooby Doo episode. Now don't get me wrong, I am a huge Scooby fan, but Mystery Inc usually figures out that pretty quick and then spends the majority of the episode looking for clues and setting a trap. It took Jessica ages to realize that, and the Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard (who you would think might be a smart person) doesn't realize it until Jessica tells him and even then he's like, Do you really think so?
5.) What on earth was that shit with the villagers arriving with pitchforks and torches?
6.) The romantic subplot was necessarily bad, it just felt wasted. We all know that Jessica is going to tell this guy that she is not interested in moving to Scotland and marrying him, so why do we need to spend so much time waiting for her to do so? And why is he so pushy about it? Like yes dude we get it, you love Jessica, but like maybe wake up to the reality that she is not going to abandon her whole life to come be your wife? I don't know, maybe this is just the 1997 showing but maybe we're meant to see this guy as oblivious. I mean at one point he's like, "Aren't you lonely living all by yourself?" and she's like, "no?".
September 26, 2021
This cozy is just fine if you're a huge Murder, She Wrote fan. In that case, don't be put off by my two-star opinion. I've kind of outgrown this series myself and read this recommended one as a test to see if I would be reading any of the others I've collected. There are ghosts, a Scottish castle, romance, and an atmospheric setting, characters we know, so there is much to like if you're a fan. I do love mysteries that conclude with the tradition "everyone-in-the-drawing-room scenes" where the criminal is sussed out. So this fits the bill. But for me, I've decided this one will complete my journey with the series.
June 4, 2024
I am an unapologetic fan of Murder She Wrote. Jessica and the Cabot Cove folks are just a lot of fun. Especially after reading several thrillers. A break with something much lighter is appreciated.
In this one, Jessica, Mort, Seth and some other Cabot Cove friends are visiting the UK - specifically London and then a small town in Scotland to stay with George Sutherland - Jessica's not-so-love-interest friend who is also an inspector with Scotland Yard.
It's just a fun book with a myriad of local characters that add to the charm.
In this one, Jessica, Mort, Seth and some other Cabot Cove friends are visiting the UK - specifically London and then a small town in Scotland to stay with George Sutherland - Jessica's not-so-love-interest friend who is also an inspector with Scotland Yard.
It's just a fun book with a myriad of local characters that add to the charm.
October 4, 2020
Jessica comes off super judgey and I wound up not liking her at all.
October 10, 2020
Another cosy mystery. Good for murder she wrote fans, and a good light reading for when you want to relax
March 20, 2023
Not bad considering I've never seen the show. A couple of the scenes were a bit over the top, though. I wonder if that's keeping the flavor of the original medium or not. I figured out the killer's motive but not everyone who was involved.
August 20, 2025
Loved it!
November 12, 2018
In this outing, Jessica travels all the way to London for a book tour with 11!! of her dear Cabot Cove friends in tow. After a traumatic experience, the group's enticed by Inspector George Sutherland's offer to stay at his majestic Sutherland castle and hotel in Scotland. Their vacation is peppered with tales of Witches, ghosts, and curses, until a vengeful murder occurs and strange incidents happen around them.
The descriptions of Scotland and the Sutherland castle are so vivid I felt I were there, and I wish I could go to see this glorious landscape. I feel like Donald Bain did his research, seasoning the story with authentic Scottish Gaelic and pronunciations and personality traits. He would know, since his family hails from Scotland.
There's a mild romantic subplot between George and Jessica and a hint of a love triangle as Dr. Seth Hazlitt notices their closeness. But I feel it's all nothing more than a tease and a let-down. Fans know that while Jessica may have romantic feelings for George, and Seth is her dear friend, our favorite sleuth is determined to be a merry widow for the rest of her days. Frank was her one and only, and she makes it abundantly clear more than once. It made me somehow feel sorry for the love-struck Inspector and friend-zoned Doctor.
I liked this story, but I didn't love it. Jessica's characterization in this early book in the series felt a little shaky. She's still kind and logical. But as we peer into her thoughts she sometimes comes off as too judgmental of others. She also does something that just feels a little too out of character for her in the beginning. I felt it was actually an unbelievable scenario all around.
Speaking of characters, I didn't think they needed to have her travel with that large a group. It just made for paper-thin characterizations of some of them, particularly the wives. And these travelers were prominent men from town. – The Sheriff, Doctor, Mayor, Pilot. Not to mention its prized baker, travel agent, radio station owners and their best fishing guide!! How did Cabot Cove even run with these folks all gone?
I'd still recommend it as a good read and if you're a "Murder, She Wrote" novel completist. About 50 more stories were written afterward (Up until 2018 with Donald Bain) and I think Bain got a full handle on Jessica Fletcher over the years.
The descriptions of Scotland and the Sutherland castle are so vivid I felt I were there, and I wish I could go to see this glorious landscape. I feel like Donald Bain did his research, seasoning the story with authentic Scottish Gaelic and pronunciations and personality traits. He would know, since his family hails from Scotland.
There's a mild romantic subplot between George and Jessica and a hint of a love triangle as Dr. Seth Hazlitt notices their closeness. But I feel it's all nothing more than a tease and a let-down. Fans know that while Jessica may have romantic feelings for George, and Seth is her dear friend, our favorite sleuth is determined to be a merry widow for the rest of her days. Frank was her one and only, and she makes it abundantly clear more than once. It made me somehow feel sorry for the love-struck Inspector and friend-zoned Doctor.
I liked this story, but I didn't love it. Jessica's characterization in this early book in the series felt a little shaky. She's still kind and logical. But as we peer into her thoughts she sometimes comes off as too judgmental of others. She also does something that just feels a little too out of character for her in the beginning. I felt it was actually an unbelievable scenario all around.
Speaking of characters, I didn't think they needed to have her travel with that large a group. It just made for paper-thin characterizations of some of them, particularly the wives. And these travelers were prominent men from town. – The Sheriff, Doctor, Mayor, Pilot. Not to mention its prized baker, travel agent, radio station owners and their best fishing guide!! How did Cabot Cove even run with these folks all gone?
I'd still recommend it as a good read and if you're a "Murder, She Wrote" novel completist. About 50 more stories were written afterward (Up until 2018 with Donald Bain) and I think Bain got a full handle on Jessica Fletcher over the years.
July 28, 2015
I have heard people say this is the best Donald Bain MSW book. I disagree. For a murder mystery, very little sleuthing goes on. A body is found, and the characters continue their holiday in a perfectly happy pattern. The beginning in London had me enthralled...but it was like a little episode of it's own; nothing else in the book had anything to do with it. It was a satisfying read, but not a traditional MSW book. There was hardly any cloak and dagger activity. People kept getting injured and attacked and they remained perfectly fine for the rest of the story. And the ending was WAY too Scooby-Doo like. The murder was an afterthought, rather than the centre of the plot. Overall, although I read it quickly, I was disappointed.
April 20, 2012
This 1997 installment in the "Murder, She Wrote" series takes our mystery writer to Scotland & the village of Wick where we have ghosts & of course murder. Bain gives us a chance to spend time with a few of the overseas characters (especially George Sutherland) that he's introduced in the past. The story itself really isn't anything extraordinary & an early scene in London really doesn't do anything for the plot either. If anything this is just a bit of sub-standard storytelling for this series as it deals with a plot it really doesn't know what to do with & characters that aren't all that interesting.
January 17, 2018
The library system I use only has one copy of this book, so at first I wasn't sure if they would find it for me to borrow. This book wasn't overly exciting, but I still like that Jessica gets to travel all over; promoting her books or just for a vacation. This one was a book promotion, and then a second stop to Wick, Scotland, with a bunch of her friends, to stay at a castle for some relaxation. However, when there is a dead body, and a ghost lurking in the castle, there isn't much time to relax. I don't really believe in ghosts, considering I have never had that experience, but anything can happen by the power of the mind.
March 6, 2020
This is my second read of this book.
I remember this was my second ever Jessica Fletcher book I ever bought and read, and I really liked it.
I stand by that judgement, it is one of the most atmospheric ones yet.
I like the whole part in Wick, it made me want to go and spend the holidays in a castle in Scotland!
I am not sure what the scene at the Tower of London meant, it felt kind of useless in the context of the mystery.
Also, maybe when it was written it was different, but London and Scotland feel bizarre. Like, Scotland is not stuck in the middle ages mentality of witchcraft and superstition!!
I remember this was my second ever Jessica Fletcher book I ever bought and read, and I really liked it.
I stand by that judgement, it is one of the most atmospheric ones yet.
I like the whole part in Wick, it made me want to go and spend the holidays in a castle in Scotland!
I am not sure what the scene at the Tower of London meant, it felt kind of useless in the context of the mystery.
Also, maybe when it was written it was different, but London and Scotland feel bizarre. Like, Scotland is not stuck in the middle ages mentality of witchcraft and superstition!!
January 15, 2021
This one was just weird to me. It honestly didn't feel like a Murder She Wrote story. There's more emphasis on setting and characters than anything else. Now, normally that's not a bad thing, as this book certainly went along with my desire to visit Scotland someday, but Murder She Wrote is first and foremost about Jessica solving murders she finds herself inadvertently involved in somehow, and honestly, the murder in this book was pretty much the least important thing about it, it was just a very secondary thing and felt like it was not important enough. The book overall was just okay at best.
August 10, 2021
3.5
As a fan of murder she wrote I was curious to read the books inspired by the lovely Jessica Fletcher, her picturesque village of Cabot Cove and her wonderful group of friends.
The Highway Fling Murders was pretty much just as I expected: a cozy easy read featuring one of my favourite tv characters.
The setting in the Scottish highlands was nice and the newly introduced Scottish characters were also fairly good.
This book wasn’t anything remarkable, I won’t be writing home about it, but I enjoyed it. It was a quick pleasant read. I would definitely recommend it to murder she wrote fans.
As a fan of murder she wrote I was curious to read the books inspired by the lovely Jessica Fletcher, her picturesque village of Cabot Cove and her wonderful group of friends.
The Highway Fling Murders was pretty much just as I expected: a cozy easy read featuring one of my favourite tv characters.
The setting in the Scottish highlands was nice and the newly introduced Scottish characters were also fairly good.
This book wasn’t anything remarkable, I won’t be writing home about it, but I enjoyed it. It was a quick pleasant read. I would definitely recommend it to murder she wrote fans.
September 8, 2016
Personally, I liked this book very much because of the unrequited romance between Jessica and George Sutherland amidst a murder mystery involving Sutherland’s Castle located in gloomy, yet picturesque rural Scotland. And Jessica was certainly “up to par” in using her sleuthing instincts to digest every clue. Unfortunately, I guessed WHY the murder happened early on in the book; but fortunately, I didn’t grasp WHO it was until the last chapter or two, which made the ending of this story a truly pleasant surprise!
September 28, 2021
While not my favorite so far, this is a good story. Jessica and a few friends from Cabot Cove are the guests of George Sutherland at his castle in Wick, Scotland, which is now a hotel. Of course, murder occurs and there are rumors of ghosts. Mix that with a filmmaker, another writer, and bagpipes, it is quite an adventure for the crowd from Maine, USA.
June 14, 2021
An easy five
If you like ghost stories, murder mysteries, abd a precious longing romance this story is for you. Trying to figure out what’s going on is a bit hard on Jessica and the reader.
Once you start you’ll want to finish hands down…
If you like ghost stories, murder mysteries, abd a precious longing romance this story is for you. Trying to figure out what’s going on is a bit hard on Jessica and the reader.
Once you start you’ll want to finish hands down…
January 21, 2021
Read this on a 6 hour flight!
(to keep my future review short and sweet)
Although I, by far, prefer watching the elegantly spunky Angela Lansbury portray her iconic sleuth character, it was delightful to see her in her literary format/
(to keep my future review short and sweet)
Although I, by far, prefer watching the elegantly spunky Angela Lansbury portray her iconic sleuth character, it was delightful to see her in her literary format/
May 31, 2023
Definitely did not like this one. Really did not like Jessica here. She was way too judgemental and out of character and completely acted stupid most of the time. The mystery itself was also lackluster as well as the 'curses'. Worst one I've read yet.
January 1, 2024
Unread shelf project 2024: book 2.
Fluffy and fun. I do enjoy some Jessica Fletcher now and again. The Murder She Wrote books are a bit predictable but still soothing and easy to digest. They function as nice little brain breaks from more difficult, thinky reads.
Fluffy and fun. I do enjoy some Jessica Fletcher now and again. The Murder She Wrote books are a bit predictable but still soothing and easy to digest. They function as nice little brain breaks from more difficult, thinky reads.
December 26, 2012
NOTE: This book is good to read around Halloween. It is scary enough without being a horror book for those out there, like me, who don't like horror stories.
May 12, 2013
I love this series. It is like bubble gum, fun and chewy and totally non complicated. I enjoy the characters and this setting in Scotalnd with all the Galic words was like taking a little trip.
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