"Great addition to this charming series."

By: Patricia Sprinkle

Genres: Mystery Woman Sleuth

Posted: January 9, 2006

Georgia magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough can't get away from murder even when she's on vacation. Scotland wasn't her first choice of destinations, but she agreed to accompany her friend Laura, so here she is with a small group of American tourists on an old rickety bus in the cold and damp Highlands. At least she'll have a chance to visit her ancestral village of Auchnagar and look up some family roots.

Led by an inexperienced tour guide, the haphazard trip progresses, but nothing seems to go according to plan for this unusual bunch of people. Things really get weird when two coffins show up in the chapel at Auchnagar, and no one knows why they're there. When the dead body of a man from their group is found inside one of the coffins, everyone is upset. But after a dead body in the second coffin is discovered later, things go from bad to worse. Will MacLaren be able to assist the police in learning the identity of the murderer among them before another dead body turns up -- maybe even her own!?

This cozy mystery was a totally enjoyable reading experience. Not only are all the characters well-developed, but vivid descriptions had me feeling like I was in the Highlands on that old bus along with everyone else. Great addition to this charming series.

Book Summary

Georgia magistrate MacLaren Yarbrough is bound for Scotland to explore her genealogical roots along with her friend Laura, not to mention a tour group full of unusual travel mates. But when two empty coffins mysteriously appear in the church in the small town where the group is staying- though none of the locals have died - things take a turn for the macabre. And when the bodies of two Americans are discovered occupying the coffins, MacLaren finds herself back on the job. Can she tie it all together, before she winds up in a coffin of her own?

Did You Declare the Corpse? by Patricia Sprinkle

Did You Declare the Corpse?

by: Patricia Sprinkle

A Thoroughly Southern Mystery

Signet Mystery
February 7, 2006
Featuring: MacLaren Yarbrough
288 pages
ISBN: 0451217802
Paperback

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