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Scottish Mystery Book Club

This book club dives into mystery books written by Scottish authors. Each book takes place in Scotland, the birthplace of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! Join us in the thrilling world of Tartan Noir each month!

June  27, 2026:  The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha
Most family reunions end in tears. This one will end in murder. Meet the Agarwals, who have gathered on a private, luxury island off the west coast of Scotland for a much-anticipated family reunion: Raj, the patriarch and a business tycoon, is about to announce to his wife and three surviving children the succession plan for his billion-dollar Delhi-based company. Shalini, the fragile matriarch and protector, is ready to have her husband to herself after years of sacrifice to the family business. Myra, the golden child, owner of the island, and host of the reunion, is, unbeknownst to her family, on the brink of bankruptcy. Aseem, the son and supposed heir, is torn between his love for his wife and duty to his family. Aisha, the youngest, a party girl whose antics are legendary, can't pass up an opportunity to wreak chaos. And then there's Zoe, Aseem's wife, the outsider whose #InstaPerfect life is built on a foundation of lies. They've all got secrets that they would die to protect. Who will survive this high-stakes reunion, and who will become a victim of their own greed? One thing is certain: this family gathering will shatter more than just their illusions of unity

July 25, 2026:  Death at a Highland Wedding by Kelley Armstrong
After slipping 150 years into the past, modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson has embraced her new life in Victorian Scotland as housemaid Catriona Mitchel. Although it isn't what she expected, she's developed real, meaningful relationships with the people around her and has come to love her role as assistant to undertaker Dr. Duncan Gray and Detective Hugh McCreadie. Mallory, Gray, and McCreadie are on their way to the Scottish Highlands for McCreadie's younger sister's wedding. The McCreadies and the groom's family, the Cranstons, have a complicated history which has made the weekend quite uncomfortable. But the Cranston estate is beautiful so Gray and Mallory decide to escape the stifling company and set off to explore the castle and surrounding wilderness. They discover that the groom, Archie Cranston, a slightly pompous and prickly man, has set up deadly traps in the woods for the endangered Scottish wildcats, and they soon come across a cat who's been caught and severely injured. Oddly, Mallory notices the cat's injuries don't match up with the intricacies of the trap. These strange irregularities, combined with the secretive and erratic behavior of the groom, put Mallory and Duncan on edge. And then when one of the guests is murdered, they must work fast to uncover the murderer before another life is lost

August 22, 2026: Every Seven Years by Denise Mina
Elsa finds a book with strange powers and must face her tortured past It's been seven years since Else visited her tiny hometown on an isolated island off the coast of Scotland. After years of suffering bullying at the hands of the few other residents, she left to make a new life. But now that her mother has passed, Else has returned. And when her old tormentor Karen Little hands her the very book that sent her running all those years ago, the cruelties of her past have Else seeing red.

Did you know that all of our book clubs' selected books count toward your Jax Stacks Reading Challenge completion? Find out what books other book clubs are reading and join in the fun! 

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