AN AMERICAN IN SCOTLAND

A stressed-out American emergency room doctor who’s moved to Scotland for peace and quiet finds herself targeted by a killer.

Dr. Emilia McRoy’s DNA test showed that her family came from the area of Sea Isle, where she’s just been hired after a long search for a physician willing to live in the remote hamlet. Her new friend Mara—who works at the Pig & Whistle, her grandparents’ pub—will help ease Emilia into relations with her neighbors, even the grumpy ones. On the way home from the pub on her first night, the rain makes Emilia seek shelter in a small cottage where she discovers the body of Smithy, a local curmudgeon whom she'd met at the pub only hours earlier. Right behind her is Ewan Campbell, the laird, mayor, and chief constable of Sea Isle, who’ll strike sparks in their every encounter. As the doctor, Emilia is also the coroner, and she finds herself calling on years of knowledge of British crime dramas for help. She immediately clashes with Ewan, who thinks the death was accidental, since she’s sure it was murder. Emilia lives and works in an old church rife with secret doors beloved of the former doctor. Fortunately, her cleaner and assistant, Abigail, knows all about the house and is a dab hand in the clinic. When Smithy’s body vanishes, Emilia doesn’t know whom to suspect. A lot of people were angry with Smithy, and he might have been a blackmailer to boot. The infuriatingly bossy, rich, handsome, and caring laird becomes her partner in investigation, leading to a number of life-changing events and a brush with death.

Stunning Scottish scenery provides the backdrop for an enjoyable mix of murder and romance.