{"product_id":"lost-books-and-old-bones-a-scottish-bookshop-mystery-1","title":"Lost Books and Old Bones: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery","description":"Paige Shelton's Lost Books and Old Bones is a delightful new mystery featuring bookseller and amateur sleuth Delaney Nichols, set in Edinburgh, Scotland.\n*INCLUDING A BONUS STORY, A CHRISTMAS TARTAN, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PRINT!*\nWelcome back to Cracked Spine bookstore, where a collection of antique texts may hold the key to solving a present-day murder.\nDelaney Nichols, originally of Kansas, is settling happily into her new life buying and selling rare books in Edinburgh, Scotland. When her new friends, who are students at a nearby medical school, come to the shop to sell a collection of antique medical books, Delaney's sixth sense tells her that the multivolume work is of great value. But once Delaney finalizes the transaction, things take a dramatic turn. . .\nOne of the medical students has turned up dead in the alley behind the Cracked Spine. Is there a sinister connection between the origin of these books and the people whose hands they fell into? Delaney seems to have her answer when, lo and behold, she finds some old scalpels in the bookshop's warehouse--and discovers that they belonged to a long-dead doctor with ties to past crimes. But how can one American-born bookseller take it upon herself to solve this historic case? With the killer still on the loose, Delaney has only so much time left to find out. . .\n\"[For] readers who appreciate bookseller sleuths such as Marianne Macdonald's Dido Hoare or Joan Hess's Claire Malloy...The feisty Delaney is an appealing protagonist and the secondary characters are charming as well.\"--Library Journal\n\n\"A complicated mystery with plenty of historically-based characters and whose ending provides more than one kind of surprise.\"--Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250350050\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250350050.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shelton, Paige\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43524220026941,"sku":"BVV.1250350050.A","price":9.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250350050-0.jpg?v=1787868759","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/lost-books-and-old-bones-a-scottish-bookshop-mystery-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}