taxonick reviewed The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton (A Scottish bookshop mystery -- [1])
"In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, …
Review of 'The Cracked Spine' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
2.5*
Audiobook (with some extraordinary vowel sounds purporting to be Scottish)
Twee. Implausible plot crammed with coincidences and conveniences, unlikely characters. Occasional unexplained woo-woo stuff that stumbles in and out and made me wonder if this had been badly edited out of something worse.
Entertaining enough, and often a decent sense of place.