By Cecilia Peartree
This is often the 6th novel within the Pitkirtly secret sequence.
What might you do if you happen to suggestion you have been approximately to lose every little thing you cared approximately so much?
Charlie Smith notion his profession was once extra vital to him than the rest. Amaryllis valued her freedom. Christopher valued his acquaintances, in particular Amaryllis. Neil Macrae, 'the pub landlord without name', couldn't face the idea of wasting his pub. there have been others who couldn't endure to lose Neil Macrae.
'The Queen of Scots Mystery' tells a majority of these tales and extra.
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