A Scottish Shire Mystery Books in Order
Part ofTraci Hall Books in OrderSee the A Scottish Shire Mystery books by Traci Hall in order, with quick summaries, character notes, and an easy guide to where to start.
Last updated: July 4, 2026
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Publication Order
8 books
Murder in a Scottish Shire
by Traci Hall
2020
Single mum Paislee Shaw is already facing eviction and an unexpected reunion with her estranged grandfather when a shop employee turns up dead. Her seaside home of Nairn suddenly feels much smaller, and far more dangerous.
Murder in a Scottish Garden
by Traci Hall
2021
Paislee Shaw volunteers for a school trip to a grand estate hoping to track down her missing landlord. Instead she witnesses a shooting in the gardens and gets pulled into a case full of family secrets and local tension.
Murder at a Scottish Social
by Traci Hall
2022
At a Nairn food bank fundraiser, a competitive bake-off turns deadly when a shortbread cookie triggers a fatal reaction. Paislee Shaw has to sort through cliques, grudges, and missing lifesaving medicine to clear a friend.
Murder at a Scottish Wedding
by Traci Hall
2023
As Lydia's matron of honor, Paislee Shaw expects wedding nerves, not a missing heirloom brooch and a sudden death at the altar. In Nairn, a family curse rumor quickly becomes a murder case with the bride and guests all in danger.
Murder at a Scottish Castle
by Traci Hall
2024
A new case pulls Paislee Shaw into the orbit of a Scottish castle and the dangerous people around it. Local loyalties, family worries, and a growing suspect list keep her busy long after the first shock.
Murder at a Scottish Christmas
by Traci Hall
2024
Paislee Shaw wants a peaceful Hogmanay in her half-finished new home, but fireworks hide a fatal shot. To help a grieving friend, she has to solve a New Year's murder before the killer strikes again.
Murder at the Scottish Games
by Traci Hall
2025
The Highland Games should bring fun and business to Nairn, not another death. Paislee Shaw has to work through fresh tensions and old grudges while the whole town is watching.
Murder at a Scottish Halloween
by Traci Hall
2026
Halloween comes to Nairn with costumes, superstition, and a very real murder. Paislee Shaw must separate seasonal scares from solid clues before the killer vanishes back into the crowd.
Series background & context
These books follow Paislee Shaw, a young single mum in Nairn, Scotland, where she runs Cashmere Crush, a specialty sweater and yarn shop. Paislee is practical, busy, and usually more interested in keeping up with her son Brody, her gramps, and the shop than in playing detective. That plan never lasts long.
Nairn matters here. Hall uses the seaside town as more than backdrop. The local church, estate grounds, food bank socials, wedding traditions, holiday celebrations, and Highland Games all shape the mysteries. The books feel rooted in a place where everybody notices everything, and yet people still manage to keep big secrets.
A lot of the charm comes from Paislee's daily life. There is knitting, family friction, loyal friends, and Wallace the black Scottish terrier quietly stealing scenes. The recurring group around her makes the series feel warm even when the bodies start turning up.
Then there is DI Mack Zeffer, who gives the books some extra spark. Paislee is not a cop, and she does not always stay in her lane, but her eye for human behavior keeps pulling her deeper into each case. Missing heirlooms, poisoned shortbread, wedding disasters, and holiday violence all become puzzles she cannot leave alone.
The tone is firmly cozy, but not flimsy. These are community mysteries, with a strong sense of home and a heroine who is juggling childcare, money worries, and real danger at the same time. If you like small-town crime, family-centered storytelling, and Scottish atmosphere without a heavy edge, this is the kind of series that is easy to settle into.
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