TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Beatriz AU - Willig,Lauren AU - White,Karen TI - The author's guide to murder: a novel SN - 9780063259867 PY - 2024///] CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Fiction KW - Authors KW - Crimes against KW - Women novelists KW - Castles KW - Highlands (Scotland) KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft N2 - "There's been a sensational murder at historic Castle Kinloch, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland. Literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley has been found dead--under bizarre circumstances--in the castle tower's book-lined study. Years ago, Presley purchased the castle as a showpiece for his brand and to lure paying guests with a taste for writerly glamour. Now it seems, the castle has done him in--or possibly, one of the castle's guests has. Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh, a local with no love for literary Americans, finds himself with the unenviable task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists"-- ER -