Fateful Words

Name: Fateful Words
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Paige Shelton
ISBN: 9798765063149

Author: Paige Shelton

Series: Scottish Bookshop Mystery #8

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Unabridged: 7 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/04/2023

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

In Fateful Words, the eighth Scottish Bookshop Mystery from beloved author Paige Shelton, bookseller Delaney Nichols stakes her reputation—and her life—when a literary tour turns deadly . . .

When Edwin, Delaney's boss at the Cracked Spine bookstore, leaves town on secret business, Delaney is called upon to guide his yearly literary tour around Edinburgh. But on the first night of the tour, at the inn where the tour group is staying, the inn manager falls—or is pushed—off the roof of the inn, and killed. Then, one of the tour members disappears, leaving a trail of puzzles in his wake.

In a race against the clock, Delaney sets out on the expedition of her life, following clues around Edinburgh to get to the bottom of this mystery. Exploring sights from Greyfriars Bobby to the Royal Mile to the Sir Walter Scott Monument, she'll have to put the pieces together quickly, or the bookstore's survival could be on the line . . . as well as her own.

About Paige Shelton

Paige Shelton had a nomadic childhood, as her father's job as a football coach took her family to seven different towns before she was even twelve years old. After college at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, she moved to Salt Lake City. She thought she'd only stay a couple years, but instead she fell in love with the mountains and a great guy who became her husband. After many decades in Utah, she and her family moved to Arizona. She writes the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series and the Alaska Wild series. Her other series include the Farmers' Market, Cooking School, and Dangerous Type Mystery series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on March 15, 2023

Fateful Words by Paige Shelton is the eighth book in the Scottish Bookshop cozy mystery series and the first one that I have read. Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, it features Delaney Nichols who loves her new life working at The Cracked Spine bookshop and married to pub owner Tom Shannon. When Edwin......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on March 23, 2023

To paraphrase the Scottish poet Robert Burns: 'The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.' In the eighth book in Shelton's Sottish Bookshop Mystery series, Edwin, the owner of The Cracked Spine bookstore, has planned his annual Edinburgh literature tour for four handpicked customers but find......more

Goodreads review by Judy on February 04, 2023

I've been following this series for awhile and picking up this one felt like coming home. I love the characters. Delaney, the bookseller; Edwin, the bookshop owner; Tom, Delaney's husband and pub owner, and others that work at the Cracked Spine. Set in Edinburgh, Scotland, both the setting and the b......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on December 23, 2022

I received a free copy of,Fateful Words, by Paige Shelton, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This is the eighth book in the Scottish Bookshop Mysteries. Delaney works at The Cracked Spine Bookstore, ( a great name for bookstore), in Edinburgh. While her boss is away......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on December 12, 2022

I loved this book. Reading it, I felt like I was spending a few blissful days in Scotland and the best bookstore in the world. The mystery was masterfully plotted with more threads than a Scottish fisherman's sweater.......more