The small idyllic town of Sea Isle, Scotland, harbors some dark secrets, and Dr. Emilia McRoy is determined to uncover all of them—no matter what the diagnosis in this charming cozy, sure to enchant fans of Sheila Connolly and Charlene O’Connor.
Sea Isle was supposed to be the fresh start Dr. Emilia McRoy dreamed of. Far from the busy emergency room across the Atlantic in Seattle, she hoped to settle down and begin this new chapter as a small-town doctor to the quirky residents who immediately welcomed her. When she stumbles across a dead body, she starts to think that she may not be as Scot free of the drama and intrigue as she initially thought.
Emilia soon learns she has bigger issues at hand. It starts with realizing she’ll work closely with the less than helpful local constable, Laird Ewan Campbell. Her luck continues when she discovers that part of her new responsibilities includes being the coroner for the very body she found. Finally, when the body goes missing before she can even begin the autopsy, Emilia must convince the townspeople that a crime did, in fact, occur. The deeper she digs into the picturesque town, the more suspicious she becomes. And then there are her sleep issues. It may be due to the ever-growing list of suspects, a number of threatening letters, or the surprise visitor who breaks into her house at night. But she’s never backed down before, and she doesn’t intend to start now.
Someone doesn’t want this doctor to treat the ailments of Sea Isle, but Emilia McRoy is determined to find the murderer before they kilt again.
I love books set in Scotland and add a mystery and I am sold! I grabbed it without really know anything about it...lol. That can work sometimes and sometimes not, but lucky for me it worked!
Emilia needed a change and when she finds out she has Scottish ancestry she decides to take a job in a small town in Scotland as the local doctor, but she didn't read all the fine print. It's not long after she arrives that she find a dead body and learns that she is also the coroner and the big freezer in her home/doctor's office is the freezer for the bodies!
It turns out to be murder and she quickly finds out that the Laird, who owns her home/doctors office, is also the constable, among other things and he quickly gets on her nerves, she finds him rude. Though everyone in town loves him and she soon finds out he isn't as bad as first impressions.
Emilia decides since she is the coroner she will look into the death and finds out that the old man who died wasn't a nice guy and there could be just about anyone in the village who would want him dead. The more she tries to figure things out the more threats she gets on little slips of paper.
I really liked the setting of this one, it has a great cast of characters and a pretty decent mystery. Emilia is making friends, something she didn't have a lot of back home. Everyone in town seems pretty friendly with the exceptioin of a few. They treat Emilia real nice because they want her to stay as they need a doctor.
The narrator, Kimberly M. Wetherell, does a great job with this and uses a lot of different voices and they didn't sound cringy or anything.
If you enjoy historical mysteries I would recommend this one.
5 stars
This sounds really good! I love the idea of an American moving to Scotland and then having a bunch of surprises waiting for her😁
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun!
DeleteI enjoyed this one as well and am looking forward to seeing how the series develops.
ReplyDeleteMe too, can't wait for another one!
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