- miko || 巫女 -

This is the seventh book in the Liss MacCrimmon Scottish Mystery series. These books are cozies, with the hook being the main character's Scottish roots / obsession... but actually, by this point in the series there's only a token shot at it with a couple little references. The books are set in Maine, after all, so it's always been a bit of an odd thing.

This novel was perfectly pleasant. I enjoyed reading it; it offered me no discomfort; and it wasn't tragically silly or stupid. But, as I'm sure you can tell from that sentence, it also didn't shine as anything special - just a typical book further into a cozy series, where you enjoy the familiar characters and nothing too horrific happens.

Best part: the main character's hilarious speculations about the mystery. Worst part: the main character's utter lack of imagination about a much more clear situation. This isn't much of a spoiler, but I didn't think it was terribly realistic for someone to be utterly shocked when things moved around a house she thought was locked up... right after she had to take the key away from someone she didn't trust at all. Because someone untrustworthy would *never* get a duplicate cut, right? This wasn't the case, incidentally, but it bothered me that she didn't even consider it... just seemed baffled as to any possibilities at all.