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Broken Ground (Karen Pirie #5) by Val McDermid

January 27, 2025 by Zirza Leave a Comment

In 1944, as World War II is drawing to a close, two men are ordered to destroy army surplus. This includes two motorcycles, shiny and brand-new. The men can’t bring themselves to destroy them, so instead they bury the bikes deep in peat-ground of the Scottish highlands. Years later, the granddaughter of one of the men figures out the location of the bikes and, with the help of a local, they decide to dig them up. They find more than they bargained for; a corpse […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: highlands, Karen Pirie, scotland, Val McDermid

Zirza's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: highlands, Karen Pirie, scotland, Val McDermid ·
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You’d think Time-Traveling witchery would be enough of an obstacle to overcome

May 30, 2015 by NTE Leave a Comment

My Highland Bride, which stars a hard-headed, Scottish nobleman, an equally stubborn, time-traveling Southern lady (& her sister), a set of unfortunate circumstances, a few too many “noble” intentions, and a long tangled road to the happy ending.  It’s the second book in Maeve Greyson’s Highland Hearts series, and the ending certainly leads right into book three, whenever that might be coming.  Watching Kenna and Collum but heads (and hearts) was entertaining, although I could’ve done with about a third less problems popping up in […]

Filed Under: Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: highlands, romance, scottish, time travel, witches

NTE's CBR7 Review No:9 · Genres: Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: highlands, romance, scottish, time travel, witches ·
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