Highland Laddie Gone, Sharyn McCrumb
Highland Laddie Gone, Sharyn McCrumb
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Highland Laddie Gone

Author: Sharyn McCrumb

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/06/2010


Synopsis

The Glencoe Scottish games-a summer festival where several hundred kilt-clad Americans celebrate their Scottish roots-is off to a bad start when Colin Campbell, a troublemaker from the Campbell clan, is found dead in his cottage with a skian dubh in his chest.

About Sharyn McCrumb

Sharyn McCrumb is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Ballad novels. She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature, the AWA Book of the Year, and Notable Books in both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. She was also named a Virginia Woman of History for Achievement in Literature. She lives and writes in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, fewer than one hundred miles from where her family settled in 1790.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on February 17, 2015

OK, I think I'm done with Elizabeth. I remember loving this series many years ago, but I am not feeling any depth of character in the rereading. The good: The Highland Games setting. She describes the weirdness and conversation of the "role-playing" people who seem to be obsessed with such events. Th......more

Goodreads review by Ginger on January 19, 2015

I read this at a time when I was going Scottish Country Dancing at least five times a week. I had also been to the Stone Mountain Highland Games a couple of times, so I recognized ALL the character types. The West Virginia Games are a thinly veiled version of the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games......more

Goodreads review by Judy on August 13, 2021

I have been less than enthused about this series until now. In this one Elizabeth is finally doing some real investigating, and better yet, the description of a scientist from Scotland attending the Highland Games in a small southern town is hilarious. I guess I'll keep reading this series in the ho......more

Goodreads review by Betty on January 29, 2022

Murder at the Glencoe Mountain Games brings a touch of the "old country" to this Elizabeth MacPherson mystery. Quick, easy, entertaining read.......more

Goodreads review by Gail on February 27, 2022

Fun & games at the Highland Games Festival of Scottish Clans turns into murder. Elizabeth MacPherson is attending with her cousin, Geoffrey, & she's Maid of the Cat for Clan Chattan--which means she's in charge of Cluny, the bobcat mascot. When she's introduced to an actual Scot just over from Edinb......more