Lament for a Lady Laird: A Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower Mystery

By Margot Arnold

Book Overview

Soruba House echoes nightly with eerie sounds that may or may not have a human source. However, with the arrival of Heather's old friend Penny Spring, she is able to put her mind at ease. At least until the first murder occurs. Once the body of Amy McClintock, laird of nearby Sheena Castle, is found drowned, the isolated seacoast seems aswarm with suspects. And Sir Toby, summoned to the scene, appears to be singularly unhelpful. Especially when Penny ends up helplessly adrift at sea, headed toward the dreaded whirlpool called the Corrievreckan.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088150159X
• ISBN13: 9780881501599
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Full of atmosphere Scottish mystery and fairly well plotted

This isn't a five star book because the literary quality just isn't there, but it's a great book to curl up with on a stormy night. The setting is a large country house on the west coast of Scotland. An American woman has been surprised to inherit the lairdship of her clan, and with it, the estate. She moves in, but strange things start happening, so she calls on her friend Penny (the detective of this mystery) to come visit her and then Penny also experiences the same strange things. While the "laird" suspects the supernatural, Penny is convinced that someone is trying to scare the new laird into leaving -- possibly the person nearby who thought he would inherit. But there are lots of suspects, and before long, a body is found, and then they are looking for a killer -- possibly the same person who wants the new laird gone? There are all the standard elements of Scottish mysteries -- grand houses, archeological sites, wishing wells, whirlpools, fog, the supernatural (?), etc. All in all, a fun book, although I can't say I was particularly surprised at "who done it."

lament for a lady laird

this book was just adult enough to hold the interest of my 13yearold daughter,a reluctant reader. i enjoyed it to. it is a slightly creepy non -violent cozy set in modern times. it is not cute or silly.