Inversgail, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, welcomes home native daughter and bestselling environmental writer Daphne Wood to spend three months as author in residence for the Inversgail schools. But when she and her dog arrive, an American who'd spent a night in the B&B above Janet Marsh's Yon Bonnie Books is found dead. Daphne starts poking and prying -- and ends up dead, too.