Scot Mist

A flat-out clinic on how to infuse humor in mystery! Author Catriona McPherson is hilarious, both in person and on the page.

I am continually amazed by her ability to create fully realized characters, like series star Lexy Campbell, who read so true on the page while being laugh-out-loud funny. Oh! And I also greatly admire the plotting of each terrific installment in this long-running Last Ditch Mystery series.

To me, the discovery of a top-notch series is a gift that keeps on giving. I hope this one keeps it up for a long time.

Scotch Mist is the first book that I read in Catriona’s hilarious series, featuring Scottish-born therapist Lexy Campbell.

This is also the first book I’ve read set during the beginning of the pandemic, and it captures the general chaos and trepidation that we all experienced in a gently humorous way.

Lexy and several select people move into the California Last Ditch Motel to isolate for what they believe will be a few weeks — funny in hindsight — with the motel owner being a full-blown germaphobe, a condition of paranoia we all experienced during those first weeks when we were… show more.