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Lynn
Jan 08, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
A Double Death on the Black Isle is the 2nd book in the Highland Gazette Mystery Series. Even though I liked the first book, this book really hooked me in and I now want to continue even more with the series to keep up with the characters. The location is the Scotland highlands and the time is the 1950s. The story centers around Joanne Ross who is a mother of two and recently separated from her husband. She works at the Higland Gazette where the editor is changing the format into a more relevant ...more
Kate
"Nothing is ever quite at peace on Scotland's Black Isle -- the Traveling people are forever at odds with the locals, the fishermen have nothing in common with the farmers, and the villagers have no connection with the town. But when two deaths occur on the same day, involving the same families from the same estate -- the Black Isle seems as forbidding as its name.

"Joanne Ross, typist at the Highland Gazette, is torn whether to take on the plum task of reporting on these murders -- after all, th
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A fav suspense author, AD Scott's wordsmithing always a treat as is her unique series setting of the Highlands newspaper and its new installment of characters. Great suspense with the end twist that keeps me replaying the discovery for days ...

Excellent addition for #FrightFall and October Suspense Reading Challenges.
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Jeanette
Jun 09, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition