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Paislee's custom sweater and yarn business, Cashmere Crush, is the sole support for not only the single mum and her ten-year-old son Brody, but also her eccentric Gramps and Wallace, their black Scottish terrier.So when her landlord, Shawn Marcus, serves her an eviction notice and then pulls a disappearing act, she'll go to any lengths to find the man and reason with him.
Shawn is heir to the Leery Estate, which Brody's class will be visiting on a field trip. So Paislee volunteers to chaperone in the hopes of tracking down Shawn and killing two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, the only one killed is a man Paislee sees falling out of the hedges after being shot. It's not her missing landlord, but Lady Leery's nephew, Charles Thomson. Gruff DI Mack Zeffer is on the case, but Paislee also has a stake in flushing out the shooter. With suspects sprouting up like weeds, Paislee may need to hedge her bets until she can determine who is trying to lead her down the garden path . . .
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- ISBN: 9781496726025
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April 30, 2021
Paislee Shaw, owner of the knitting shop Cashmere Crush in Nairn, Scotland, is frantic to talk to her landlord, Shawn Marcus, heir to Leery Estate, who has given her 30 days to vacate the building that houses her shop. Unable to reach Marcus to plead her case, Paislee signs on as chaperone for her son's class field trip to Leery Estate, hoping to track down her landlord there. At the estate, Paislee witnesses the death of Lady Leery's nephew, Charles Thomson, and agrees to assist in finding the murderer, butting heads with an old adversary, DI Zeffer, who's still angry over Paislee's interference in a previous case. Paislee talks to family members, including the elusive Shawn, and staff at the Leery Estate, sorting through multiple suspects both upstairs and down. In her second Scottish Shire mystery (following Murder in a Scottish Shire, 2020), Hall capably juggles multiple story lines and vividly evokes the Scottish backdrop.COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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April 1, 2021
A class trip involves a budding sleuth in murder. Paislee Shaw lives in Nairn, a peaceful Scottish town, with her son, Brody, her Scottish terrier, Wallace, and the grandfather she's recently been reunited with. She's agreed to chaperone Brody's class trip to the gardens of the Leery Estate, where she hopes to get a message to Shawn Marcus, the son of Lady Leery and the landlord of her knitting shop and several nearby shops that all face eviction notices. When Shawn's look-alike cousin, Charles, is shot to death just across a hedge from Paislee, she plunges into a nightmare investigation of the dysfunctional Leery family. Paislee has already crossed swords with DI Zeffer, but his disapproval does not deter her when her livelihood is at stake. Lady Leery is infamous for her much younger lovers, several of whom were on the scene along with Aila Webster, the 30-year-old illegitimate daughter she recently brought into the family business. A little snooping reveals that Shawn, whose kidney transplant from Aila did not last, is desperate for another organ. Charles, the perfect match, wanted a lot of money for his kidney, but Shawn seems an unlikely suspect in his murder, since he wanted Charles alive. When Paislee's bestie, Lydia, invites her as her plus-one at a fancy company dinner to be held at Leery Estate, she sees a perfect opportunity to learn more about the family dynamics, save her store, and solve a murder. Inquisitive and down-to-earth, Paislee makes a charming sleuth in this suspect-packed mystery.COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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