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The Secret Portrait (A Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron Mystery #1) by Carl, Lillian Stewart is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Fleeing an academic scandal and a broken marriage, Jean Fairbairn has come to Scotland to work for an Edinburgh-based history and travel magazine. Writing about the Scottish national pastime of playing illusion off reality is just the quiet, scholarly pursuit she needs to soothe her burned-out emotions. But when Jean heads for the Highlands to investigate the 18th century mystery of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure, she finds herself involved in a contemporary murder case--and not as an innocent bystander, either. Alasdair Cameron, the police detective in charge, has his own perspective on reality and illusion. The American dot-com millionaire living out his tartan fantasies in a restored mansion is the loosest of loose cannons. His trophy wife isn't necessarily standing by her man. Their housekeeper knows what's going to happen before it does. And their youth piper is a kilted daydream, even though his parents are nightmares. At Glendessary House, old wounds and old glories aren't distant memories evoked over a glass of single-malt, to the skirl of the pipes. Here, they are up close, personal, and deadly. It's a good thing Jean has back-up in Edinburgh. Because if butting hea

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Author
Carl, Lillian Stewart
Publisher
Wildside Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781557429230
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Romance, Mystery
Rating
3.69 / 5 (127 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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