Legend in Green Velvet
Scotland is Susan's passion and obsession -- and the opportunity to join a Highland dig is a dream come true for the young archaeology student. But then a sinister stranger slips Susan a cryptic message in ancient verse -- and is later found viciously slain. A mysterious peril has unexpectedly...
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Scotland is Susan's passion and obsession -- and the opportunity to join a Highland dig is a dream come true for the young archaeology student. But then a sinister stranger slips Susan a cryptic message in ancient verse -- and is later found viciously slain. A mysterious peril has unexpectedly emerged from the mists to haunt Susan, sending her running for her life in the company of handsome, unconventional laird Jamie Erskine. For she has an unseen enemy hiding in the shadows -- someone who is going to great lengths to frame her for murder ... and to bury Susan, if necessary, in this land she loves.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380731183 (0380731185)
Publish date: September 3rd 2002
Publisher: Avon
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Humor,
Cultural,
Romance,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Cozy Mystery,
Gothic,
Romantic Suspense,
Scotland
3.5 stars...I thought it was good quick read. I enjoyed the Scottish heritage stories and the setting the most. The writing was not on the level of the Peabody or Bliss series but it was still fun.
I've been an admirer of Elizabeth Peters' work for years, so I was delighted to find a book I hadn't yet read.In this one, archaeology student Susan is on her way to a dig in the Central Highlands. She has a very romanticized idea of what Scotland is like, and is finding herself disappointed on nume...
I pulled this off the shelf for a before-sleep re-read last week, since I remembered very little about it. There's something so unapologetic about the books written before the 80's and before everything had to be so politically correct. Susan is romantic; she's in love with all things Scottish-hi...
A fun romp of a mystery though Scotland, complete with all the kitsch an American gal sold on Scotland and the Highlands could want - including a hero who looks like a member of the Royal family without his beard! Interesting that someone so enamored of Scotland should be so attracted to someone who...
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