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The Secret Christmas Library

by Jenny Colgan

A Highland Christmas treasure hunt

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A Highland Christmas treasure hunt

Antiquarian book hunter Mirren Sutherland is called to a crumbling Scottish castle, where a missing volume from the McKinnon family collection could help save the estate. Rival hunter Theo Palliser turns up on the journey north, and a snowbound Christmas leaves Mirren, Theo, and laird Jamie McKinnon to work through clues left by Jamie’s book-collecting grandfather. The search brings together a rare-book mystery, family history, and shifting alliances, with romance and holiday elements alongside the puzzle. The castle setting and its hidden collection anchor the story’s blend of treasure hunting and seasonal fiction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy Christmas fiction set in the Scottish Highlands
  • Book lovers interested in rare books and antiquarian book hunting
  • Readers seeking a mystery with romance and a treasure-hunt premise

Themes

Rare books and collectingFamily history and inheritanceTreasure hunts and cluesRivalry and alliancesChristmas in the Highlands

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Book overview

A new holiday story set in the Scottish Highlands to warm booklovers' hearts by Jenny Colgan, New York Times bestselling author of Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop.

Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great aunt's attic. Now, as Christmas approaches, she's been hired by Jamie McKinnon, the surprisingly young and handsome laird of a Highland clan whose ancestral holdings include a vast crumbling castle. Family lore suggests that the McKinnon family's collection includes a rare book so valuable that it could save the entire estate--if they only knew where it was. Jamie needs Mirren to help him track down this treasure, which he believes is hidden in his own home.

But on the train to the Highlands, Mirren runs into rival book hunter Theo Palliser, and instantly knows that it's not a chance meeting. She's all too familiar with Theo's good looks and smooth talk, and his uncanny ability to appear whenever there's a treasure that needs locating.

Almost as soon as Mirren and Theo arrive at the castle, a deep snow blankets the Highlands, cutting off the outside world. Stuck inside, the three of them plot their search as the wind whistles outside. Mirren knows that Jamie's grandfather, the castle's most recent laird, had been a book collector, a hoarder, and a great lover of treasure hunts. Now they must unpuzzle his clues, discovering the secrets of the house--forming and breaking alliances in a race against time.

A treat for booklovers and treasure hunters alike, The Secret Christmas Library serves up a delicious mystery with a hint of romance, and plenty of holiday spirit!

    A touching holiday read Perfect for fans of uplifting winter romancesA delightful Christmas gift

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