{"id":4929,"date":"2023-04-08T06:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T13:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2023-04-08T06:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T13:55:48","slug":"lucy-connelly-an-american-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/lucy-connelly-an-american-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Connelly: An American in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I gobbled up this yummy first in a series book from Lucy Connelly.\u00a0 As the title indicates, American doctor Emilia (\u201cEm\u201d) McRoy is fleeing a busy ER back in San Francisco as well as a relationship gone wrong, and headed to tiny Sea Isle, Scotland.\u00a0 She discovers, as does the heroine in all fairytales, that she\u2019s to live for free in a converted castle (I mean, church) and perks include free food everywhere in town as well as a free car.\u00a0 The job also comes with a working brother and sister \u2013 Tommy does the gardening and the capable Abigail, who runs the office, as well as the new MRI machine that the \u201cLaird\u201d of the town has thought to provide.<\/p>\n

Taking this as a fairy tale with some elements of reality mixed in, it\u2019s completely delightful.\u00a0 Em does get off to a rocky start when she discovers a dead body her first night in town, and the discovery seems to lead to someone trying to kill her.\u00a0 She\u2019s also the town coroner and has chosen to investigate on her own, much to the \u201cLaird\u201d Ewan\u2019s displeasure.\u00a0 While this is typical of an amateur sleuth, at least she has some reason to investigate, as she\u2019s actually the coroner. The dead man was much detested in town for his cranky nature, and it turns out he was the uncle of Abigail and Tommy, taking them in when they were orphaned.\u00a0 He was apparently a problematic caregiver, but Abigail seems to have made her peace with him.<\/p>\n

The details of Em running her new practice grounds the book in reality, as the small town has long needed a doctor, and her presence is greatly appreciated, resulting in a long line of patients.\u00a0 Of course her practice also allows her to meet fellow citizens, as do her shopping proclivities \u2013 baked goods and tartan plaids fill her shopping bags to the brim, and she makes a circle of girlfriends along the way.<\/p>\n

The plot moves right along, and as in all good fairy tales, Em is even presented with two possible princes, I mean, suitors.\u00a0 While nothing in this novel was particularly original or unexpected, I enjoyed the mix of tropes and characters as well as the Scottish setting.\u00a0 Connelly has a narrative gift that makes the whole story flow through your reading fingers faster than you might think possible, and that\u2019s welcome magic of a different variety. This is a solid start to what I hope will be a lengthy series. — Robin Agnew<\/em><\/p>\n

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I gobbled up this yummy first in a series book from Lucy Connelly.\u00a0 As the title indicates, American doctor Emilia (\u201cEm\u201d) McRoy is fleeing a busy ER back in San Francisco as well as a relationship gone wrong, and headed to tiny Sea Isle, Scotland.\u00a0 She discovers, as does the heroine in all fairytales, that … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,1149,943,1150,1148,1151],"class_list":["post-4929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-americancozy","tag-an-american-in-scotland","tag-crooked-lane-books","tag-fairy-tales-do-come-true","tag-lucy-connelly","tag-village-mystery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4931,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929\/revisions\/4931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}