• Murder in the Scottish Hills

  • The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 2
  • By: Lydia Travers
  • Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
  • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (89 ratings)

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Murder in the Scottish Hills

By: Lydia Travers
Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
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When Maud McIntyre and her lady’s maid Daisy travel into the Scottish Highlands, the last thing they expect to find is a body on the train. Will these keen amateur sleuths stop a murderer in his tracks?

Edinburgh, 1911: When Maud McIntyre receives a letter from a maid called Rose, sharing her suspicions that something strange is happening in the house where she works, she and her assistant Daisy immediately travel to the Highlands to investigate.

But as they are changing trains, the body of a man falls from the carriage right in front of them, a bullet in his head. Maud and Daisy can’t believe it–they’ve waited ages for a new case, and now one has literally landed in front of them! And when the local police rule the death as a tragic accident, the pair has no choice but to investigate what they believe is a murder.

Arriving in the Scottish village, Maud and Daisy go undercover to begin their hunt for the murderer, while also investigating the strange behavior of Rose’s employer, a local art dealer. As they begin to piece together the chain of events, Maud and Daisy wonder whether the cases might be linked. Is it possible the man on the train was killed to cover up something in the village? And if so, who would do such a thing?

When a local artist is found murdered, Maud and Daisy become convinced the two cases are connected. Searching for the link between the deaths, will Maud and Daisy solve the case before another mysterious murder takes place?

A historical whodunnit perfect for fans of the mysteries of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey, and Catherine Coles.

©2023 Lydia Travers (P)2023 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

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Still enjoyable

Enough mystery and humor to keep us entertained and guessing. Yes, we did know who the killer was, but it was still a relaxing read.

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Great story

2nd one in the series was also excellent. I very much enjoyed both the story and the characters.

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Another Interesting Story

The performance was excellent and really helped the story . The story was interesting and fun. The story flowed well and was a good listen .

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fun cosy mystery great naration

l loved being transported to Scotland while listening to this series.it was just delightful fun.

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Love Daisy’s traditional Scots speech…

But it’s really hard to understand to an ear that’s unaccustomed to it.

Maybe if I saw the text at the same time as I heard it, it wouldn’t be so difficult for me, but that defeats the purpose of an audio for me. Audiobooks are frequently read (at least by me) so that I can read a book anywhere, including driving and doing housework. Because it doesn’t fit those parameters, I may not continue with this series in audio.

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Captivating & Enjoyable

Love the way several storylines are tied together with interesting characters! thoroughly enjoy the narrator also!

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Okay

It’s okay, but I enjoyed the first one better, so this won’t be a re-listen for me. Regarding Maude, she’s not unlikable, but the book would be more enjoyable if there were things that made her fun, witty, or interesting. Much of the time she seems flat, pedantic, not always mentally sharp, and sometimes condescending to Daisy, who is too frequently called her friend. Interestingly, it’s often Daisy who has the personality and bright ideas. The narration is excellent, although I still cringe at the redundancy of “she laughed,” combined with the narrator then acting out the laughing.

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Enjoyable Characters

Back for round 2. Overall, very fun and it is great good continuation from the 1st book.

Personally, I do not feel the detective jobs were as solid as the 1st. But I did like the countryside setting, I did like seeing the return of a certain character (beyond Maud and Daisy).

I do feel that this is turning into a very enjoyable series. I see I have 1 book to go, but I do hope that Lydia Travers continues to write the series.

As with the last book, Helen McAlpine is an outstanding narrator. A winning performance!

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Loved it foe many cozy reasons

Loved it!! I love cozy mysteries !!! anywhere in the world cozy they are great!!
for those who enjoy stories with interesting characters will love this one also!!!

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Death In Braemar

Great descriptions of Braemar and Braemar Arms, now the Fife arms. Good history lane geography esson too

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