Kilts & Cold Cases: A Killrannoch Keep Cozy Mystery
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He saw something. He said something. He disappeared.
When renovation work uncovers a sealed journal inside Killrannoch Keep, Moira Sinclair finds herself reading the words of Alexander McRae — a servant who worked these halls in 1896, witnessed a land fraud, documented everything, and was erased from every record the estate holds. When peat surveyors find remains on the eastern moor, the cold case is impossible to ignore.
Untangling what happened means digging into a century-old fraud, opening a sealed chamber full of family secrets, and confronting a village that has been keeping its silences for a hundred and thirty years. It means facing a murder that was never called a murder. It means giving a man back his name.
It also means staying. For good.
And then there’s Ewan Douglas — the keep’s quietly compelling Provost — who keeps appearing on the loch path at dusk and making that decision feel like exactly the right one.
Readers love Kilts & Cold Cases for:
- A gripping cold case mystery rooted in real Highland history
- Hidden journals, secret rooms, and a sealed chamber full of long-buried truth
- A village with long memories and longer silences
- An amateur sleuth who reads objects the way others read faces
- A slow-burn romance that finally — finally — tips over the edge
The third book in K.D. Brinegar’s Killrannoch Keep cozy mystery series. Atmospheric, sharp, and grounded in the fierce patience of the Scottish Highlands.
Start the series with Killrannoch Before the Storm (novella) — or dive straight in. Every book stands on its own.
Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, the Thursday Murder Club, and anyone who’s ever wished a Scottish castle came with its own cold case.
Praise for this book
“"Give Him Back His Name — and Give Me More Books" I finished this at 2am and immediately went back to re-read the first chapter because I wasn't ready to leave Killrannoch. The cold case at the heart of Book 3 — a Victorian servant named Alexander McRae, erased from the official record by people who had the power to do exactly that — is the most emotionally resonant mystery K.D. Brinegar has written yet. Moira's archival detective work, following the gaps in old ledgers the way she follows the shape of a missing object, is riveting. The line "the thing that was removed leaves the shape of itself behind" stopped me cold. This series just keeps getting better.”