Scot’s Eggs
by Catriona McPherson

It’s egg-hunt season, but Lexy Campbell is spending Easter hunting a killer!
WINNER OF THE LEFTY AWARD FOR BEST HUMOROUS MYSTERY
Not even Cuento’s Easter bonnet parade can distract Lexy Campbell from conception woes and missing tourists Bill and Billie Miller. The Millers’ vintage Mustang has been abandoned, its interior covered in blood.
Is this a double murder, and if so, where are the bodies? Why were the Millers spending the night in their car? Did they pitch up at the Last Ditch Motel only to be turned away? Are they really dead? The Trinity for Trouble are quickly on the case!
As they start to identify the guests staying at the motel the weekend before Easter – including a Goth and a barbershop singer on stilts – disturbing evidence comes to light. Can Lexy see through all the deception to unmask the truth and save the Last Ditch?
Fans of Janet Evanovich and Sarah Strohmeyer will fall head over heels for this addictive mystery that’s full of twists and laugh out loud humour.

Genre: Women Sleuths, detectives

Reviews

“A brisk, clever whodunit that bubbles with banter”

Kirkus Reviews

“Plot twists, citizenship details, and familiar, well-delineated, quirky characters . . . combine into a satisfying series entry”

Booklist

“Plot twists, the large cast of familiar, well-delineated, quirky characters, humor, and the introspective Lexy . . . add up to a successful entry in the series”

Booklist on Scotzilla

“[A] superbly plotted and wickedly funny cozy”

Dru's Book Musings on Scotzilla

“A delightful, humorous cozy”

Booklist on Hop Scot

“A rollicking mystery”

Kirkus Reviews on Hop Scot

“An engaging plot, eccentric characters, plenty of humor”

Booklist on Scot in a Trap

“Darkly amusing . . . McPherson keeps the laughs and the action rolling along”

Publishers Weekly on Scot in a Trap

“Wildly funny”

Kirkus Reviews on Scot in a Trap

“Clever turns of phrase and witty observations fuel this fast and funny novel”

Publishers Weekly on Scot Mist

“Plenty of suspects and mordant humor against a background of pandemic paranoia”

Kirkus Reviews on Scot Mist

“The banter among the various characters will draw Janet Evanovich fans to this engaging, not-quite-a-locked-room mystery”

Booklist on Scot Mist

“McPherson’s witty third Last Ditch mystery has a line on every page to provoke a smile. Anyone who appreciates a good mystery told with nimble, sure-footed humor will have a ball”

Publishers Weekly on Scot on the Rocks

“Hilarious . . . A compendium of unusual characters and odd circumstances guaranteed to make you laugh out loud”

Kirkus Reviews on Scot on the Rocks

Catriona McPherson

Born and raised in Edinburgh, Catriona McPherson left Edinburgh University with a PhD in Linguistics and worked in academia, as well as banking and public libraries, before taking up full-time writing in 2001. For the last ten years she has lived in Northern California with a black cat and a scientist. In 2020 she has been shortlisted for a third Mary Higgins Clark Award, for Strangers at the Gate, and won a Left Coast Crime 2020 Lefty Award for the Best Humorous Mystery for Scot and Soda.

View author page

Editions

Scot’s Eggs by Catriona McPherson is available in the following formats

97814483128702nd December 2025 X mm256£12.99
Hardback97814483128632nd December 2025144 X 222mm256$39.99
Hardback97814483128632nd December 2025144 X 222mm256£21.99
Ebook97814483128702nd December 2025N/A256£12.99
Paperback978144831883418th June 2026129 X 198mm256$18.99
Paperback978144831883418th June 2026129 X 198mm256£9.99
FormatISBNPublication DateDimensionsPagesPrice