title: A Kind of Grief: A Novel (The Highland Gazette Mystery Series)
author:  A. D. Scott 
description: "A riveting read starring one of the genres most entertaining new leads." (<i>Booklist (starred review)</i>)<br /><br />Scott ably integrates the periods Cold War intrigues into a story about the power of small communities both to sustain and to sabotage lives. (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />Scott skillfully uses the beauty of the Highlands as a backdrop for an entrancing mystery whose characters repeatedly and pleasurably upstage its action. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />The plot construction gives a nod to Hitchcock, though it echoes more the leisurely and mannered English mysteries of the 1950s. (<i>Suspense Magazine</i>)<br /><br />The story is intriguing and unpredictable, centered on art, forgery and spying, and steeped in the Highlands and its dreich weather. (<i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i>)<br /><br />A fascinating account of one woman in a mans world and the Cold War. (<i>Historical Novel Society</i>)
zlib_text: RAVES FOR
  AMANDA SCOTT
  AND HER SCOTTISH ADVENTURES
  “Scott has a flair for characterization.”
  —Publishers Weekly
  TAMED BY A LAIRD
  “4½ Stars! TOP PICK! Scott has crafted another phenomenal story. The
  characters jump off the page and the politics and treachery inherent in the
  plot suck you into life on the borders from page one. This is the finest in
  historical romance.”
  —RT BOOKreviews Magazine
  “Remarkable… Soars with intrigue, exciting characters, and a wonderful
  setting.”
  — MyShelf.com
  “[Scott] instills life and passion in her memorable characters… Few writers
  have come close to equaling her highly creative and entertaining stories.”
  — ClanMalcolm.com
  “Fascinating… fourteenth-century Scotland’s rich history comes alive in
  this romantic novel full of intrigue.”
  
  — FreshFiction.com
  “Scott creates a lovely, complex cast… and has a deft touch with thorny
  period language.”
  —Publishers Weekly
  “A delightful story filled with romance, passion, humor, and intrigue…
  Scott makes Scotland come ali