Thank you Minotaur and NetGalley for the eARC of The Poison Pen! All opinions in this review are my own.

The ninth installment of the Scottish Bookshop series involves a historic sword and a murder.

I liked learning about the Scottish history and the Treasure Trove Unit at the National Museum. However, I felt like this mystery had a lot of pieces that didn't seem to connect until the end. While everything eventually does come together, Delaney chases after a character who gave her their phone number early on and Delaney trying to track them down could have been avoided. 

While this wasn't my favorite mystery in the Scottish Bookshop series, I still love the setting of these cozy mysteries!