Out for a bicycle ride in the hills beyond Inversgail, Janet Marsh discovers the body of Dr. Malcolm Murray. The elderly Murray and his own bicycle went off the road and down a steep slopeโheโs sprawled in the burn at the bottom, his damaged bike in a patch of thistles on the bank. Tire tracks at the side of the narrow road suggest a vehicle might have been involved. But who would want the well-loved retired doctor dead? A few days after the death, a box of vintage first editions is left on the doorstep of Yon Bonnie Books with a note: โPlease look after these books. Thank you.โ Janet and her crew at the shop are at first delighted, and then mystifiedโwhat exactly does โlook afterโ mean? Are they free to sell them? And what are the odd notes penciled in the margins? With a little digging, the women decide the books might belong to Malcolm Murray or his reclusive brother, Gerald. When Janet and Christine call at Malcolmโs house, they find his confused, angry sister and evidence of a burglary. When they go to Geraldโs modest croft house, they find the door ajar and Gerald dead inside, stabbed with a regimental dagger. While the police try to determine if the Murray brothersโ deaths are connected and whoโs responsible, Janet and the bookshop owners try to find out how and why the box of books ended up on their doorstep. The police are interested in those questions, too, and theyโre more than a little suspicious. Are the Yon Bonnie women as good with burglar tools as they are with booksโand at finding bodies?