[Last Ditch Mystery 01] • Scot Free

**"**Her character-driven romp is sparked by the larger-than-life, quirky residents of the Last Ditch Motel, putting this laugh-out-loud whodunit on a par with the early Janet -Evanovich."**-***Library Journal* "McPherson, who has earned acclaim for her dark thrillers and Dandy Gilver period cozies, blends jaunty pacing, a comically rendered Southern California setting, and quirky characters in this series starter. A sure bet for fans of Janet Evanovich and Sarah Strohmeyer."-*Booklist*

"McPherson, a master of creepy psychological mysteries, shows an utterly different side of herself in this zany series kickoff."-*Kirkus Reviews*

*"*Everyone who knows me knows that I don't throw the word 'hoot' around lightly. So if I were to say that Catriona McPherson's new novel was a hoot, believe me, I would mean it. Filled with an entertaining cast of eccentric characters, Scot Free is a funny and original mystery. Quite frankly, it's a hoot. There, I said it.*"-*Johnny Shaw, author of* Big Maria *and* Imperial Valley*

*"Scot Free* is a proper cuppa Scottish mystery served under harsh California sunshine-and everyone's a little crazy from the heat. Lexy and her Last Ditch friends are charming, weird, and laugh-out-loud funny. A real treat."-Lori Rader-Day, Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of* Little Pretty Things*

Lexy Campbell fell in love and left her native Scotland for a golden life in California-hitched to a hunk, building her marriage counseling practice, living the dream. Six months later she's divorced, broke, and headed home. There's just one last thing. Lexy's only client-sweet little old Mrs. Bombarro-is in jail for murdering her husband with a fireworks rocket. Lexy knows the cops have got it wrong; all she needs is a few days to prove it and somewhere cheap to sleep at night. But checking into the Last Ditch Motel leads Lexy to a whole new cast of characters with troubles of their own.

**Praise for Catriona McPherson: **

"McPherson writes with the firm but delicate touch of a spider testing the strength of its web."-*The New York Times Book Review*

"Catriona McPherson hooks you with her eccentric amateur sleuth, reinvigorating the exhausted conventions of the cozy-style mystery."-*NPR*