Out for a bicycle ride in the hills beyond Inversgail, Janet Marsh discovers the body of Dr. Malcolm Murray at the bottom of a steep slope. It doesn't look like an accident, but who would want this popular doctor dead? After a box of vintage first editions is left on the doorstep of Yon Bonnie Books, Janet and her crew trace the items back to Dr. Murray's reclusive brother, Gerald. Following Scones and Scoundrels, this third outing finds the bookstore sleuths becoming suspects in a burglary, and—after Gerald is found stabbed—even a murder.