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As her eyes scanned the newspaper article from 1925, she is shocked to read about the theft of two priceless necklaces from her family’s home. When Cate recognizes one of the stolen necklaces from when she traveled back in time to the year 1856 to solve a murder mystery, Cate knows there’s only one thing left for her to do. Despite the hectic holiday season approaching, complete with two grand holiday events, Cate must travel to 1925 and unravel the mystery surrounding the jewelry theft.
However, things take an unexpected turn when she arrives. As Cate discovers more unanswered questions, she starts to wonder if there’s a piece to the puzzle she has yet to uncover.
While Cate and estate manager, Jack, try to unravel the puzzle in the past, another mystery brews in the present for Cate. Strange and eerie nightmares centered around a bookcase in Dunhaven Castle’s library disrupt Cate’s sleep, rattling her mind even during her waking hours. She wonders if these are connected to the jewelry theft or if something darker lurks in Dunhaven’s halls.
Can Cate solve the mysterious theft of her family’s jewelry? Will the bookcase hold the secrets to the past? If it does, will Cate be able to decipher the clues on its shelves? Or is there something more sinister at work in Dunhaven Castle?
Find out if Cate has what it takes to solve the newest mysteries at Dunhaven Castle in Holiday Heist at Dunhaven Castle, book three of the riveting cozy mystery series Cate Kensie Mysteries.
MY REVIEW...
Holiday Heist at Dunhaven Castle is Book 3 of a series
titled “Cate Kinsie Mysteries”. Rarely, or better said almost never, do I go
back in a series to read books I might
have missed. However, I think this is a time that I’ll break my rule. This
enjoyable cozy kept my interest all the way through. Age makes no difference in
thinking it fascinating to inherit a Scottish castle. When you dangle a castle, a dog,
AND a mystery in front of me, I’m
hooked.
Shy,
introverted Dr. Cate Kensie never imagined that she would inherit a
beautiful, and oddly quirky, castle nestled in the picturesque
Scottish Highlands. Truthfully, she was sure that she didn’t have
any family left after her parents died in a car accident several
years before, but then she had gotten the phone call, and her entire
world had turned upside down.
That
was when she discovered that she had family in Scotland, and her
distant family member, Gertrude MacKenzie, had passed away, leaving
her Dunhaven Castle and a golden timepiece with the mysterious phone
call: ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR TIME.
Soon
after she leaves the only life she’s ever known in the US with her
four-legged best friend, the adorable Riley, she quickly finds that
owning this castle is not the fairytale she expected. Mysterious
events occur that leave Cate wondering if her new home is haunted or
if she’s losing her mind.
Will
Cate be able to unravel the mysteries of Dunhaven Castle before it’s
too late? Or will the secrets be too much for Cate to handle?
Find
out if Cate can uncover the secrets her new home holds in The
Secret of Dunhaven Castle!
If
you could go back in time and clear your family’s name, would you?
Dr.
Cate Kensie, now known as Lady Catherine Kensie, the mistress of
Dunhaven Castle, still can’t believe her life. Somehow, moved to
Scotland, inherited a castle that’s more than meets the eye, and is
the proud--and sometimes reluctant-- owner of an amazing family
heirloom. But there’s a secret Cate must protect about her new
life, a secret that no one but Jack Reid, the estate manager, knows
of.
As
Cate learns more about her new home, she discovers that in 1856 there
was a murder at Dunhaven and non-other than her own ancestor,
Randolph MacKenzie, was accused and convicted of the crime. However,
the more she learns about the murder at Dunhaven, the more confusing
things become. All of the evidence is there, but the answers still
don’t add up.
Will
Cate have the courage to dive into a centuries-old murder to clear
her family’s name? Or will she find out the hard way that sometimes
it’s best to leave the past in the past where it can’t hurt you?
Find
out in the nail-biting second installment of the Cate
Kensie Mysteries series, Murder
at Dunhaven Castle!
Nellie
H. Steele lives in the South Hills of Pittsburgh with her family and
her many fur-babies. When she isn't writing, she enjoys teaching
Statistics at a local university or watching her dogs and cats play
in the yard.
Nellie
is the author of the Cate Kensie Mystery Series, a cozy mystery
series following the adventures of Dr. Catherine Kensie, a history
professor turned Scottish Countess, and her beloved dog, Riley, as
they navigate their new lives in their quirky Scottish highlands
castle, solving mysteries along the way! She is the creator of the
Shadow Slayers series, a suspenseful series with a supernatural
twist! Follow the Shadow Slayers through time as they fight to banish
darkness from the world. Nellie also writes an adventure series,
Maggie Edwards Adventures. Follow Maggie Edwards as she travels the
world solving mysteries and finding unique treasures!
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