A crumbling Scottish estate. A Hogmanay celebration. A body in the library. And a housesitter who notices everything.
Sheila Cooper’s newest assignment should be simple: watch a sprawling Highland manor while its owner is away for the holidays. The house has opinions about its plumbing, a library fireplace worth the trip alone, and a notebook left behind by the owner with thirty-one years of observations about the property and the village.
Her German Shepherd, Max, has already claimed the hearth. The village is warm and welcoming. The Hogmanay party at the local hall promises whisky, fiddle music, and a proper Scottish New Year.
Then Sheila returns from the celebration to find the front door unlatched, and a man dead in the library.
Now she’s trapped in a house full of secrets, surrounded by neighbors who all seem to know more than they’re saying. Inspector Tulloch is methodical, but Sheila has something he doesn’t — a sharp woman’s notebook, a dog with impeccable instincts, and the particular skill of someone who reads houses for a living.
The countdown to the new year is over. The real clock is just starting.
Midnight at the Manor is the first book in The Holiday Housesitter Mysteries, a clean cozy mystery series featuring a professional housesitter, her loyal German Shepherd, and the holiday destinations where murder never takes a vacation.
