The Low Road

The Low Road is the fifth book in A. D. Scott's Highland Gazette Mystery Series. It takes place in the 1950s in Scotland. I have read all of Ms. Scott's earlier books in the series and loved them. However, The Low Road falls short with a poorly written plot and heavy usage of the Scottish language that made it unreadable.

The series amateur sleuth is Joanne Ross, a reporter for the Highland Gazette. In this installment of the series she is inactive. Joanne is recovering from brain surgery and has nothing to do with the investigation of the murder. Her boss and fiance John McAllister was the sleuth. The murder did not occur until page 200 of this 328 page book. The first clue came on page 250.  With no action and every page heavy with Scottish sayings, The Low Road was awful reading. I have to wonder if A. D. Scott actually wrote it. The writing style was different from earlier books and she did not use much Scottish language in them.

For the third time in this blog I am rating a book 0 out of 5 stars.