Welcome to this week’s blog. I am thrilled to be taking part in the blog tour for Marsali Taylor’s new book, Death in a Shetland Family.
About the author
Marsali Taylor grew up near Edinburgh, and came to Shetland as a newly-qualified teacher. She is currently a part-time teacher on Shetland’s scenic west side, living with her husband and two Shetland ponies. Marsali is a qualified STGA tourist-guide who is fascinated by history, and has published plays in Shetland’s distinctive dialect, as well as a history of women’s suffrage in Shetland. She’s also a keen sailor who enjoys exploring in her own 8m yacht, and an active member of her local drama group.
Blurb
Shetland sailing sleuth Cass Lynch is definitely out of her comfort zone when she helps round up a prize-winning stallion escaped from the renowned Klaufister stud. She’s even less impressed by its owner, Keith Arthurson, a returned city slicker who’s already made enemies in his community.
An unexpected visit to the Arthursons shows Cass the tensions simmering within the family. When Keith’s found dead, can she uncover the motive for his murder without putting herself in danger?
My Review:
I think I said this about the previous book, and very likely the one before that, too. But I mean it this time, this is definitely the best book of the series! These books just keep getting better!
So what happens? No spoilers, but someone dies. Obvs.
Here in this part of Shetland, everyone knows everyone. They know them either by reputation or because they went to school with them or played in a hockey match against them. It’s a close-knit community but there is that sense of everything you do being noticed.
It’s not long before Cass comes to be involved and needs to find out what is going on. She meets a family, purely by chance, and then, of course, her life becomes intertwined with theirs.
Someone is killed. It wasn’t an accident, the police are sure of that. But it falls to Cass to move through her community to put together the bits and pieces of what they all know so that the truth can be revealed.
This was a great read, as I’ve already said, and one where you are asking yourself the whole time, ‘Was it them?’
A real page-turner! I recommend you read this asap!
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