Hop Scot - (Last Ditch Mystery) by Catriona McPherson

About the Book

The Last Ditch crew travel from California to an idyllic Scottish village for the holidays, but something very unmerry is lurking below the surface...The news that a man disappeared from the crumbling pile sixty years ago, along with an unsettling discovery in the bricked-up basement, means that Todd, Kathi and Lexy must solve another murder.

Book Synopsis

It's all aboard for a Campbell Clan Christmas! Lexy swaps cinnamon lattes for boiled sprouts when the Last Ditch crew travel from California to an idyllic Scottish village for the holidays, but something very unmerry is lurking below the surface . . .

Lexy Campbell is long overdue a trip to Scotland to see her parents, and an unexpected death in the extended Last Ditch Motel family makes Christmas in a bungalow in Dundee with nine others seem almost irresistible.

But when Lexy and the Last Ditch crew hop across the Atlantic, there's been a change of plan and they're whisked off to Mistletoe Hall in the pretty village of Yule, where the surprises continue. The news that a man disappeared from the crumbling pile sixty years ago, along with an unsettling discovery in the bricked-up basement, means that Todd, Kathi and Lexy - Trinity for Trouble - must solve another murder.

Deadly secrets, berry rustlers, skeletons and a snowy Christmas Eve in the booze aisle at Tesco: the Last Ditch crew won't forget their Scottish holiday in a hurry!

Review Quotes

A delightful, humorous cozy-- "Booklist"

A rollicking mystery
-- "Kirkus Reviews"

An engaging plot, eccentric characters, plenty of humor-- "Booklist on Scot in a Trap"

Clever turns of phrase and witty observations fuel this fast and funny novel-- "Publishers Weekly on Scot Mist"

Darkly amusing . . . McPherson keeps the laughs and the action rolling along-- "Publishers Weekly on Scot in a Trap"

Hilarious . A compendium of unusual characters and odd circumstances guaranteed to make you laugh out loud-- "Kirkus Reviews on Scot on the Rocks"

McPherson's witty third Last Ditch mystery has a line on every page to provoke a smile. Anyone who appreciates a good mystery told with nimble, sure-footed humor will have a ball-- "Publishers Weekly on Scot on the Rocks"

Plenty of suspects and mordant humor against a background of pandemic paranoia-- "Kirkus Reviews on Scot Mist"

The banter among the various characters will draw Janet Evanonvich fans to this engaging, not-quite-a-locked-room mystery-- "Booklist on Scot Mist"

Wildly funny-- "Kirkus Reviews on Scot in a Trap"

About the Author

Born and raised in West Lothian, Catriona McPherson left Edinburgh University with a PhD in Linguistics and worked in academia, as well as banking and public libraries, before taking up full-time writing in 2001. For the last ten years she has lived in Northern California with frequent visits home. Among numerous prizes, she has won two of Left Coast Crime's coveted Humorous Lefty Awards for the Last Ditch comedies.