Duels, magic, and plenty of ghosts await in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book of T. L. Huchu's USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series.

Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptical Enquirers’ biennial conference just in time to be tied into a mystery—a locked room mystery, if an entire creepy haunted castle on lockdown counts. One of the magical attendees has stolen a valuable magical scroll.

Caught between Qozmos, the high wizard of Ethiopian magic; the larger-than-life Lord Sashvindu Samarasinghe; England’s Sorcerer Royal; and Scotland’s own Edmund MacLeod, it’s up to Ropa (and Jomo and Priya) to sort through the dangerous secret politics and alliances to figure out what really happened. But she has a special tool—the many ghosts tied to the ancient, powerful castle.

Ropa, Priya and Jomo are all part of the contingent that has traveled to Dunvegan Castle for a huge magical conference. The highlight of the conference will be the exchange of magical items between the Scottish magic library and the magic library of Ethiopia.  But things quickly go awry as the Ethiopian scroll is stolen and one of the Edinburgh librarians murdered.   As a magical force field clamps down around the castle trapping everyone inside Ropa is tasked with investigating the theft and murder. Tensions are rising and there are plots and betrayals to work through in order to solve the mystery.

We are learning bits and pieces about Ropa and her grandmother’s past, even though she does not appear in this book, as well as the divisions in Scottish magic and the relations between Scottish and English magic organizations. This book ends with a decided cliffhanger concerning Ropa’s future and the future of Scottish magic as well.  I am incredibly glad that book four in this series is already under contract and, hopefully, that Mr Huchu is hard at work writing so we can learns what happens next.  This series is highly recommended ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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