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Legend In Green Velvet by Elizabeth Peters

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


"It was a dream come true.

"Susan loved all things Scottish. So, when the opportunity presented itself, there was no question in her mind but that she would go on the archaeological dig in the Highlands. It was everything she could have wanted. And more. Much more.

"It was a living nightmare.

"A cryptic message slipped to Susan by a sinister soap box orator was the first puzzle. Why did he choose her? Why was he chasing her? And why, Susan had to wonder, were she and the handsome young laird Jamie Erskine suddenly being pursued by the police who wanted to talk to them about ... murder?"
~~back cover

I bet you, dear reader, can recreate the plot from just the back cover blurb alone. Wanna guess whether or not the mysterious archaeological professor was the ringleader of the bad guys? Wanna guess whether or not Susan and Jamie initially hated each other, but then ...?

Never mind. It was a lovely read, made ever better by kilts and tartans and Highland songs. There's nothing quite so bonny as a man in a kilt, you know.