The Stolen Letter, Paige Shelton
The Stolen Letter, Paige Shelton
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The Stolen Letter

Author: Paige Shelton

Narrator: Susan Boyce

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/07/2020


Synopsis

Heading back to work the day after she returns from her European honeymoon, Delaney Nichols is excited to get back to the Cracked Spine. But as she disembarks the bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman collide, sending a stack of books the woman is carrying to the ground.

Delaney's hapless victim's name is Mary, and she and Delaney can't help but notice that they bear an uncanny resemblance to one another. According to Mary, they both also look like the long-beheaded Mary Queen of Scots. Even stranger, Mary believes she is reincarnation of the Scottish queen. But peculiar as Delaney's doppelganger is, she doesn't have time to dwell on it: on her arrival to the bookshop, she learns the Edinburgh city council wants to close the Cracked Spine, citing code violations, and she's determined to stop them.

But when Mary's husband dies in a car explosion—and Delaney learns he was the very member of city council who proposed that the city take a closer look at the bookshop's construction—she starts to wonder if her meeting with Mary wasn't an accident. Edinburgh has become as filled with intrigue and deception as any European court, and Delaney is determined to get to the bottom of this royal mystery.

About Paige Shelton

Paige Shelton had a nomadic childhood, as her father's job as a football coach took her family to seven different towns before she was even twelve years old. After college at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, she moved to Salt Lake City. She thought she'd only stay a couple years, but instead she fell in love with the mountains and a great guy who became her husband. After many decades in Utah, she and her family moved to Arizona. She writes the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series and the Alaska Wild series. Her other series include the Farmers' Market, Cooking School, and Dangerous Type Mystery series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on August 27, 2020

Overall the storyline as far as the plot was OK but I did not want to read a history book and that’s what it is!......more

Goodreads review by Lori on March 27, 2021

A far-fetched and implausible plot makes a strange read. On the one hand, you want to keep reading it to see how much more convoluted it can become; on the other you want to abandon it. I chose to stick with it. After a failed inspection the bookshop never knew occurred or received notice about unti......more

Goodreads review by Patrizia on March 08, 2022

4 stelle e mezza E' sempre un piacere tornare a Edimburgo, anche solo leggendo un libro. In più, stavolta c'era anche un bel po' di storia nella trama. Anche se ho trovato un po' inverosimile la ragione alla base dell'omicidio... (view spoiler)[ Io sono una storica e so bene quale valore possa avere una lettera (è i (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Kristina on April 05, 2020

The Stolen Letter by Paige Shelton has Delaney Nichols heading back to work after her honeymoon with her new husband, Tom. As she heads towards The Cracked Spine, Delaney runs into a woman carrying a large number of books. After helping retrieve the volumes, Delaney introduces herself to Mary who lo......more

Goodreads review by Kate on May 19, 2020

3.5 / 5.0 stars This sixth book of the Scottish Book Shop mystery series, is a charming and delightful addition. The writing is solid and clever, the language clean and the corpse modestly described. What more could one ask for in a cozy? Our stalwart Kansas born bookseller and heroine, Delaney Nichol......more