{"product_id":"1250203899-the_stolen_letter_a_scottish_bookshop_mystery","title":"The Stolen Letter: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\\\u003cbr\u003ePAIGE 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 Farmersâ Market, Cooking School, and Dangerous Type mystery series.\\\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times bestselling author Paige Shelton returns with the next installment of The Scottish Bookshop Mystery series, The Stolen Letter\\\u003cbr\u003eDelaney Nichols is confident sheâs doing what she lovesâcase in point, just one day after returning from her fabulous European honeymoon, sheâs eager to get back to the Cracked Spine, the bookstore where she works. But as she disembarks her bus and hurries toward the shop she and another woman collide, sending a stack of books the woman is carrying to the ground.\\\u003cbr\u003eDelaneyâs hapless victimâs name is Mary, and the two women canâ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 the reincarnation of the Scottish queen. But peculiar as Delaneyâs doppelganger is, she doesnâ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 sheâs determined to stop them.\\\u003cbr\u003eBut when Maryâs husband dies in a car explosionâand Delaney learns he was the very member of city council who proposed that the city take a closer look at the bookshopâs constructionâshe starts to wonder if her meeting with Mary wasnâ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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eAmateur Sleuths\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Poor","offer_id":48042269212862,"sku":"1250203899-6","price":13.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/914mUpJfuBL.jpg?v=1783521369","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1250203899-the_stolen_letter_a_scottish_bookshop_mystery","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}