Scot in a Trap

The fifth entry in the rip-roaring Last Ditch mystery series set in California featuring Scottish councellor-turned-amateur sleuth Lexy Campbell.

The residents of the Last Ditch Motel are celebrating Thanksgiving and the arrival of a baby girl. But as one life enters the Ditch, another leaves it. Menzies Lassiter only just checked in, but instantly checked out. By being shot dead. And counsellor Lexy Campbell appears to be the only one with the means, opportunity and motive to kill him.

WINNER OF THE 2023 ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST HUMOROUS NOVEL

In this darkly funny mystery Lexy Campbell's first love turns up dead at the Last Ditch Motel on Thanksgiving . . . and she becomes the prime suspect!

A mysterious object the size of a suitcase, all wrapped in bacon and smelling of syrup, can mean only one thing: Thanksgiving at the Last Ditch Motel. This year the motel residents are in extra-celebratory mood as the holiday brings a new arrival to the group - a bouncing baby girl.

But as one life enters the Ditch, another leaves it. Menzies Lassiter has only just checked in. When resident counsellor Lexy Campbell tries to deliver his breakfast the next day, she finds him checked out. Permanently. Shocking enough if he was a stranger, but Lexy recognises that face. Menzies was her first love until he broke her heart many years ago.

What's he doing at the Last Ditch? What's he doing dead? And how can Lexy escape the fact that she alone had the means, the opportunity - and certainly the motive - to kill him?