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Ally McKinley, newly rested by visiting guests, finds herself pulled into local networks and sportsmanship as tensions rise around a celebrated Canadian athlete and the McConnachie brothers. With preparations, crowd energy, and community secrets colliding, the event’s excitement masks the threat of murder and sets the mystery in motion.","MURDER AT THE HIGHLAND  \nGAMES  \nAN UTTERLY GRIPPING SCOTTISH COZY MURDER MYSTERY  \nAN ALLY MCKINLEY MYSTERY  \nBOOK 4  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nALLY MCKINLEY MYSTERY SERIES  \nMurder in the Scottish Highlands Murder at the Loch A Very Bookish Murder Murder at the Highland Games  \nKATE PALMER MYSTERY SERIES  \nA Body in the Village Hall A Body in Seaview Grange A Body at the Tea Rooms A Body at the Altar A Body on the Beach A Body at Lavender Cottage A Body in a Cornish Village  \nThe Sunshine Club The Golden Oldies Guesthouse The Silver Ladies of Penny Lane The Getaway Girls  \nThe Runaway Wife  \nAVAILABLE IN AUDIO  \nALLY MCKINLEY MYSTERY SERIES  \nMurder in the Scottish Highlands (Available in the UK and the US)  \nMurder at the Loch (Available in the UK and the US) A Very Bookish Murder (Available in the UK and the US)  \nKATE PALMER MYSTERY SERIES  \nA Body in the Village Hall (Available in the UK and the US) A Body in the Seaview Grange (Available in the UK and the US)  \nA Body at the Tea Rooms (Available in the UK and the US) A Body at the Altar (Available in the UK and the US) A Body on the Beach (Available in the UK and the US) A Body at Lavender Cottage (Available in the UK and the US)  \nA Body in a Cornish Village (Available in the UK and the US) The Sunshine Club (Available in the UK and the US) The Runaway Wife (Available in the UK and the US)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nChapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nChapter 27  \nChapter 28  \nHear More from Dee Books by Dee MacDonald A Letter from Dee  \nIf you adore Ally McKinley, you'll also love Kate Palmer…  \nA Body in the Village Hall A Body in Seaview Grange A Body at the Tea Rooms Acknowledgements Publishing Team Raising Readers  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTurning up the collar of her jacket at the cool breeze that hinted at the end of summer, Ally McKinley looked around at the idyllic setting. The heather had now covered the foothills of the Western Highlands of Scotland in a purple haze, against the backdrop of her old converted malthouse, the castle and the blue-grey mountains above, not yet iced by layers of snow. The leaves of the trees were rapidly morphing into various shades of gold and copper, and the nearby river could be heard as it tumbled its way over rocks and stones towards the sea.  \nNestling amidst the mountains, she was standing in what was one of the region’s rarities: a completely flat four-acre field where Jimmy McCrae normally grazed his sheep, or so she had been informed. Not today though. Today this was the setting for the Locharran Highland Games, and the field was packed with hundreds of onlookers, laughing and shouting in anticipation. Everyone appeared to be supporting someone who was competing in something. The mood was jovial and good-natured, particularly among those who’d spent considerable time in the hospitality tent where the whisky and beer flowed. There was an assortment of stalls around the perimeter, some selling hot or cold drinks, some selling Scottish souvenirs and another selling shortbread in half a dozen flavours. No one could possibly have forecast what was to come.  \nThe summer had been busy and now, mid-September, Ally was beginning to feel a tad weary. Was it her age? She was now seventy-one after all, and she’d been living here in Locharran for over two years, much against the advice of her son and daughter, who both initially thought she’d  \nlost her senses when she decided to move to this isolated spot and convert the old, neglected malthouse into The Auld Malthouse B&B.  \nShe had been very glad to welcome a family who’d come all the way from Canada for the games a couple of days ago because summer was coming to","cbCaihG77vmQJTFo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihG77vmQJTFo","pdf",2532292,222,"English","en",105,"# Chapter 1\n## Chapter 2\n## Chapter 3\n## Chapter 4\n## Chapter 5\n## Chapter 6\n## Chapter 7\n## Chapter 8\n## Chapter 9\n## Chapter 10\n## Chapter 11\n## Chapter 12\n## Chapter 13\n## Chapter 14\n## Chapter 15\n## Chapter 16\n## Chapter 17\n## Chapter 18\n## Chapter 19\n## Chapter 20\n## Chapter 21\n## Chapter 22\n## Chapter 23\n## Chapter 24\n## Chapter 25\n## Chapter 26\n## Chapter 27\n## Chapter 28","[{\"question\":\"Where does the story begin and what event sets the scene?\",\"answer\":\"The story begins at the Locharran Highland Games in the Western Highlands of Scotland, with hundreds of onlookers packed into the field for competitions.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is Ally McKinley and what is her connection to the location?\",\"answer\":\"Ally McKinley is a resident of Locharran who runs The Auld Malthouse B\\u0026B, and she welcomes guests while the village prepares for the games.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does tension rise around the Canadian competitor?\",\"answer\":\"Local characters worry that Archie Armstrong, known as the “Atlantic Warrior,” will win everything, sparking frustration among the McConnachie family competitors.\"}]","Murder at the Highland Games - 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