The mystery of murder.

Why does someone kill? What makes a serial killer? How does anyone get away with the crimes, and how do they get caught? This is the essence of a murder mystery novel.

In the fifth Loch Lonach Scottish Mystery, Incarnadine, Maggie Foster has explored all of the above, weaving an intricate and complicated path to the truth. Ginny Mackenzie, née Forbes, receives the murder weapon in a very cold case as a wedding present. No one admits to sending the item and that poses the first mystery in a series of investigations that lead Ginny deeper and deeper into the human psyche.

Foster’s writing is entertaining, clever, and rife with insight into human behavior. This is a tapestry of a story, one that weaves many threads into a coherent whole, a lovely work of art. If you like a book you’ll want to read more than once, this is for you. It’s definitely going on my keeper shelf!

The premise of this book was good. The overall story itself was good. My hang up on this book is that though it's classified as a mystery, I found no actual mystery in the book. When I got to the end, I had known for quite some time who the culprit was, which also was stated elsewhere in the book. So needless to say, I felt disappointed.