Loch Down Abbey is doing rather well as a hotel, under the management of Mrs MacBain.

They're throwing a Highland Ball.

The only trouble is that a good many memebers of the Inverkillens, the former residents, are turning up uninvited.

Can Mrs MacBain find enough rooms for everyone, and stop the bickering?

But that proves to be the least of her worries.

One of the guests is found dead after the ball. In the library. With the door locked from the inside...

Just brilliant

Scotland, 1930s, family-dynamics, cosy-mystery, amateur-sleuth, secrets, situational-humor, sly-humor, historical-fiction, historical-research, rural, hotelier, hotel, servants, local-law-enforcement, investigation, housekeeper, closed-circle-mystery, murder****

A little longer than it needs to be, but a fine mystery to escape into. Meet a sizeable cast of laughable characters with or without any sense. Then there are the horde of unruly children, secret passages, Mrs. MacBain the intrepid housekeeper, and the spoof of the local constabulary!
Another example of great fun with some obvious and some very sneaky spoofs. A most enjoyable read!
I requested and received a free temporary ebook/PDF copy without TTS from Hodder & Stoughton via NetGalley.
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