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During Pickax’s upcoming Highland Games, Jim Qwilleran and the town’s residents look forward to celebrating their Scottish heritage with bagpipe music and caber tossing. The festivities are disrupted when a visiting jewelry dealer, known for his romantic charm and insistence on paying cash only, is found dead in his hotel room. The dealer’s assistant is missing, and the winner of the caber-tossing contest suddenly vanishes. Qwilleran’s investigation is complicated by Koko’s sudden interest in photographs, pennies, and paper towels, which may hold the key to unraveling the mystery.
As Qwilleran digs deeper, he discovers connections among the town’s small‑town dynamics, the jewelry dealer’s personal affairs, and the local residents’ perceived rumors. In classic cozy mystery fashion, each clue brings him closer to uncovering the truth behind the unexpected deaths, disappearances, and Koko’s oddly selective behavior.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Lilian Jackson Braun
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