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Plaid and Plagiarism
by Molly MacRae
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This book harks back to one of my favorite TV detectives, Columbo, in that the sex, violence, and evil side of human nature that comprise any entertaining fictional murder all manifest themselves firmly off-screen . Our stalwart protagonists [ostensibly in sensible shoes] engage in only the most salubrious behavior.
Instead of being up close and personal with the bad guys, we listen to the banter of a lively quartet of protagonistas as they suss out who whodunnit. We lurk above their interior monologues as they confront the realities and the humor too of being women "on their own". We accompany them on village walks in the highlands, observe the goings on in their bookstore/tearoom/b&b, and even at literary festival meetings in their local library. Throughout these four and other assorted male and female family members and villagers traipse on and off the stage in a staggering array of combinations. For such a little village, this book has quite a large cast, you might need a post-it or two and some stick figure drawings to keep track of who's who.
Everything "bad" in this book happens off the page, except for the discovery of a bloodied dead body in a shed, one character who gets manhandled by another for a brief moment in a library, and another who falls down a hill, unless you count when the protagonists take their parents to the bar, or when they quietly sip whiskey after the bookshop is closed for the day. It's been a while[never?] since I wished for more sex, violence, or double-crossing in a murder mystery but I might need a little [a:Johnny Shaw|3939524|Johnny Shaw|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1398465971p2/3939524.jpg] as an antidote. You might too if the cozies are not your thing, but if they are you will be quite comfortable at Yon Bonnie Books
This book harks back to one of my favorite TV detectives, Columbo, in that the sex, violence, and evil side of human nature that comprise any entertaining fictional murder all manifest themselves firmly off-screen . Our stalwart protagonists [ostensibly in sensible shoes] engage in only the most salubrious behavior.
Instead of being up close and personal with the bad guys, we listen to the banter of a lively quartet of protagonistas as they suss out who whodunnit. We lurk above their interior monologues as they confront the realities and the humor too of being women "on their own". We accompany them on village walks in the highlands, observe the goings on in their bookstore/tearoom/b&b, and even at literary festival meetings in their local library. Throughout these four and other assorted male and female family members and villagers traipse on and off the stage in a staggering array of combinations. For such a little village, this book has quite a large cast, you might need a post-it or two and some stick figure drawings to keep track of who's who.