by Sharyn McCrumb

Setting: the Western Virginia mountain community of Glencoe. Labor Day Weekend. Elizabeth MacPherson gets the chance to revel in the rites of the old country at the annual Glencoe Mountain Games, the Scottish festival where several hundred like-minded American celebrate their ancestors' folkways. But the innocent ethnic fair is cursed when the loathed Colin Campbell is found murdered. Then a second murder silences everyone's bagpipes for good. Enter Elizabeth MacPherson, forensic anthropologist extraordinaire. With her specialized sleuthing capabilities, Elizabeth makes short work of her search for motive and murderer.