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Detective Lola Harris is talked into visiting Ardaig Castle, a wellness centre, by her sister, for a relaxing weekend. It proves to be anything but - there's a nasty case of poison pen letters going around and unbeknownst to Lola, her sister promised the woman who runs the centre that Lola would look into it.
Angry at first. Lola, who's hating her current work situation, starts to enjoy the investigating. It becomes more and more of a tangled web and soon there's a murder. I did guess a tiny bit, but there were many shocks towards the ending! All this while there's a tremendous storm going on and the roads are closed, hemming them all in.
A really clever 'locked room' mystery featuring the wonderful Lola Harris. I love her and the series!
This is a very clever 'locked room' mystery

Isolated castle, secretive guests all their for their own agenda and all with secrets - threats getting more and more serious - and of course a raging storm! All ingredients for a closed door mystery when a corpse joins the crowd. Solid mystery with great atmosphere.

Tense novel set in an exclusive hotel in Scotland where there has been a spate of poison pen letters received by the staff. The guests there are recovering from addictions and mental issues so the owner is reluctant to have it investigated by the police. Lola is a police officer and is tricked into investigating on the Qt by her sister. Then a body is found and there is a storm that cuts off access to the hotel so Lola is forced to take charge. A good read that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

A suspenseful book set in the Scottish Highlands My kind of book for a snowy day. A detective accompanies her sister to a weekend get away to a resort. What she doesn't know is that her sister wants her to investigate a series of threatening letters that the employees of the resort have been receiving. Add a torrential rain storm that cuts off access to all surrounding areas and a murder that follows, you have a great story to read. Highly recommend to readers of Scottish mysteries.