Dream of Death, A, Connie Berry
Dream of Death, A, Connie Berry
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Dream of Death, A
A Kate Hamilton Mystery

Author: Connie Berry

Narrator: Ruth Urquhart

Unabridged: 9 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2019


Synopsis

Autumn has come and gone on Scotlands Isle of Glenroth, and the islanders gather for the Tartan Ball, the annual end-of-tourist-season gala. Spirits are high. A recently published novel about island history has brought hordes of tourists to the small Hebridean resort community. On the guest list is American antiques dealer Kate Hamilton. Kate returns reluctantly to the island where her husband died, determined to repair her relationship with his sister, proprietor of the islands luxe country-house hotel, famous for its connection with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Kate has hardly unpacked when the next morning a body is found, murdered in a reenactment of an infamous unsolved murder described in the novel?and the only clue to the killers identity lies in a curiously embellished antique casket. The Scottish police discount the historical connection, but when a much-loved local handyman is arrested, Kate teams up with a vacationing detective inspector from Suffolk, England, to unmask a killer determined to rewrite island history?and Kates future.

About Connie Berry

Connie Berry is an experienced author who specializes in international mysteries. Like her characters, she grew up in the world of fine antiques. When not writing, she enjoys foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British. She received degrees in English from DePauw University and The Ohio State University. A member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, she currently resides with her husband in Ohio.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gloria

I really enjoyed the Scottish setting with interesting, complicated characters and a rest historical backdrop. When Kate Hamilton traveled from Ohio to Scotland at the frantic request of her sister-in-law, she didn't realize what an eventful trip it would be. She was quickly pulled into mystery that......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

A Dream of Death is an engaging mystery, featuring an amiable amateur sleuth, a suitably unlikeable victim and a little middle-aged romance on the side. Its setting in a grand country house hotel off the western Scottish coast, and the intertwining of a long ago crime, add to the intrigue. Ohio anti......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Kate Hamilton has returned to the Isle of Glenroth off the coast of Scotland, something she swore she would never do after the death of her husband three years ago. She’s come in response to a plea for help from her sister-in-law, Elenor, but Elenor won’t say more until after the Tartan Ball she is......more