WRITTEN IN STONE - Paige Shelton
A Scottish Bookshop Mystery
Minotaur Books
ASIN‏: ‎ B0D1P392DF
April 2025
Fiction

Edinburgh, Scotland - Present Day

Delaney and her husband Tom have won an invitation at the Hidden Door Festival to a private visit to artist Ryory Bennigan's studio. Ryory is rarely seen in the city and lives a quiet life away from the public. So, it's a treat especially for Delaney to get the opportunity to not only meet the man, but to see his studio. Ry is fascinated by the ancient Picts of Scotland and even has the blue toned tattoos they were known to have on their bodies. When Delaney and Tom arrive at the studio, they meet another person who is leaving, a paleontologist, Dr. Adam Pace, who is, ironically, from the same Kansas university that Delaney attended. He, too, admits to an interest in the Picts.

Ryory is proud to show his studio and discuss his artwork with Delaney and Tom, and it is revealed that Dr. Pace has offered an artifact supposedly from the Picts to Ry. But within days, Dr. Pace is found dead, apparently murdered, and there seem to be a few people who might be suspects. After Delaney contacts a friend at the university in Kansas, she is surprised to find out that Dr. Pace had made some poor decisions there, and that his move to Edinburgh was to avoid further problems. As Delaney digs further into Pace's local involvement, she begins to discover that he was making some odd arrangements with different people. 

WRITTEN IN STONE is book ten in the Scottish Bookshop Mystery books, and it's going to be difficult for not only Delaney, but the Edinburgh police to find out why Dr. Pace was killed. There are a few people that he may have angered, but were there more? And what was his ultimate goal? And how real were the artifacts he was peddling? 

Don't miss WRITTEN IN STONE with its intriguing story set in beautiful and mysterious Edinburgh.

Jani Brooks