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100 1  MacRae, Molly,|eauthor. 
245 10 Thistles and thieves /|cMolly MacRae. 
264  1 New York :|bPegasus Crime,|c2020. 
300    279 pages ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Highland bookshop mystery series ;|vbook 3 
520    Out for a bicycle ride in the hills beyond Inversgail, 
       Janet Marsh discovers the body of Dr. Malcolm Murray. The 
       elderly Murray and his own bicycle went off the road and 
       down a steep slope—he’s sprawled in the burn at the bottom
       , his damaged bike in a patch of thistles on the bank. 
       Janet calls the Police Scotland emergency number. Tire 
       tracks at the side of the narrow road suggest a vehicle 
       might have been involved. But if it was an accident, the 
       driver hasn’t come forward. And if it wasn’t an accident. 
       . . . But who would want the well-loved, retired doctor 
       dead?    A few days after the death, a box of vintage 
       first editions is left on the doorstep of Yon Bonnie Books
       with a note: “Please look after these books. Thank you.” 
       Janet and her crew at the shop are at first delighted, and
       then mystified—what exactly does “look after” mean? Are 
       they free to sell them? And what are the odd notes 
       penciled in the margins? With a little digging, the women 
       decide the books might belong to Malcolm Murray or his 
       reclusive brother, Gerald. When Janet and Christine call 
       at Malcolm’s house, they find his confused, angry sister 
       and evidence of a burglary. When they go to Gerald’s 
       modest croft house, they find the door ajar and Gerald 
       dead inside, stabbed with a regimental dagger.    While 
       the police try to determine if the Murray brothers’ deaths
       are connected and who’s responsible, Janet and the 
       bookshop owners try to find out how and why the box of 
       books ended up on their doorstep. The police are 
       interested in those questions, too, and they’re more than 
       a little suspicious. Are the Yon Bonnie women as good with
       burglar tools as they are with books—and at finding 
       bodies? 
650  0 Women booksellers|vFiction. 
650  0 Booksellers and bookselling|vFiction. 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|vFiction. 
651  0 Highlands (Scotland)|vFiction. 
655  7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd 
800 1  MacRae, Molly.|tHighland bookshop mystery series ;|v03.