Olga Wojtas je hlboko zakorenená vo svojom výchove v Edinburghu, meste, ktoré formuje samotnú podstatu jej rozprávania. Jej písanie je často inšpirované jemnými pozorovaniami každodenného života, premieňajúc obyčajné na niečo neobyčajné prostredníctvom jej charakteristického štýlu. Skúma zložitosť ľudských vzťahov a jemné posuny vo vzťahoch, vtiahne čitateľov do intímnych portrétov svojich postáv. Wojtasove príbehy rezonujú s tichou silou, odhaľujú hlboké pravdy o ľudskej kondícii.
Intrepid librarian Shona McMonagle, erstwhile Marcia Blaine Academy prefect, finds herself in an isolated French mountain village, where she must solve a mystery involving the mayor, the cheesemonger, the soprano Mary Garden - and even Count Dracula himself.
A quirky, comic crime novel inspired by The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in which a time-travelling altruist must solve a mystery involving Macbeth and the Weird Sisters. Never underestimate a librarian.
'The creme de la creme of crime debuts.' Al Guthrie. Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls. Impeccably educated and an accomplished martial artist, linguist and musician, Shona is less successful when it comes to solving a murder mystery.
Fifty-something Edinburgh librarian Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. Impeccably educated and an accomplished linguist, mathematician, martial artist, and musician, Shona is selected by Marcia Blaine herself to travel back in time for a crucial mission in Venice. Finding the city afflicted by what appears to be a new outbreak of the plague, Shona soon encounters the Cornetto family of gondoliers. Lately, a number of their passengers have met a watery fate. Coincidence? Unlikely. She dons a mask, goes undercover and seeks inspiration in the library. But the mystery only deepens. Why do the Cornettos seem so flaky and their explanations wafer-thin, even as they proclaim their innocence? What is going on at the printworks? Shona's powers of deduction, dissection and prowess as a swimmer are put to the test as she realises that a bitter feud is at play. Can Shona unravel the tapestry of lies and get to the truth? It's a race against time, but it would be a mistake to underestimate a librarian.