MURDER IN THE BRAIDS an absolutely gripping Scottish crime mystery

by Val Penny

290 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2026

About the author

Val Penny is an American author living in SW Scotland. She has two adult daughters of whom she is justly proud and lives with her husband and two cats.
She has a Llb from Edinburgh University and her MSc from Napier University. She has had many jobs including hairdresser, waitress, banker, azalea farmer and lecturer.
However she has not yet achieved either of her childhood dreams of being a ballerina or owning a candy store. Until those dreams come true, she has turned her hand to writing poetry, short stories and novels. Her crime novels,The DI Hunter Wilson and Jane Renwick Thrillers are published by SpellBound Books.

Reviews

[Grace El-yasir]

Great read

Twists and turns, kept me reading when I should have been asleep. I looked for the follow up book. But it seems that this was no 5. Please Val get and write number 6. I will be waiting .

[Peter AvillEng]

Excellent

Another thoroughly enjoyable novel from this author I look forward to reading more of her work My friends are also enjoy ing reading the novels