Murder at a scottish christmas - traci hall

The holidays in the charming seaside village of Nairn hold bright hope for sweater shop owner and knitting enthusiast Paislee Shaw--but a fireworks celebration provides cover for a killer in the sixth installment of USA Today bestselling author Traci Halls Scottish Shire Mystery series.

All Paislee wants for Christmas is for her new home to be finished, but it looks like shell have to wait for New Years Day.

Whether the paint on the walls has dried or not, shell host a feast for her twelve-year-old son Brody, Grandpa, their black Scottish terrier Wallace, and friends--including police station receptionist Amelia Henry and her brother McCormac, whose black locks can fulfill the Scottish first-footer tradition that a tall, dark-haired man should be the first person to enter your home on New Years to bring good luck.

But McCormacs luck is about to run out.

During Hogmanay--when the Scots welcome the New Year with dancing, bonfires, and midnight fireworks--he collapses as the sky brightens in a blaze of color.

A shooter has used the noise of the fireworks to hide a guns blast.

Amelia is inconsolable, and Paislee vows to do whatever she can to help DI Zeffer solve the murder--even if it puts her in the killers sights next .