Scot’s Eggs is the eighth cozy(ish) Last Ditch mystery by Catriona McPherson. Released 2nd Dec 2025 by Severn House, it's 256 pages and is available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links throughout. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free. The other books in the series are also currently available on KU.
This is such an exuberantly fun "closed" setting for a murder mystery with slice-of-life comedy. The ensemble cast couldn't possibly be more disparate; plucked from different cultures, socioeconomic strata, backgrounds, orientations, and family makeups, they're knitted together by circumstances and their apparently genuine fondness for one another.
Faced with a potential crime scene (a blood splattered vintage car) and a missing (murdered?) pair of visiters to the Last Ditch they all call home, they are determined to figure out what's happened, and set about investigating in their own inimitable way. The "whodunit" and "how" is an impressively funny comedy of errors which reads like a cross between I Love Lucy, Scooby-Doo, and Queer Eye, with a little comedic Lost in Translation for good measure.
Despite being the 8th book in the series, it works reasonably well as a standalone and readers won't have too much trouble keeping the principal characters straight. All the disparate subplots wind together quickly into a satisfying (and exciting) denouement and resolution. The author has quite a talent with comedic timing and characterization and her comparisons of American and Scottish culture are spot on and very funny.
Four stars. Definitely a good one for fans of comedic light murder cozies, and this series continues to move from strength to strength.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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