Three [real] women authors collaborate to write a mystery about three women authors who are collaborating on a book based on people who lived in a castle in Scotland where a murder occurred 100 years ago. The three fictional authors are quite different from each other: Kat de Noir writes erotica, Cassie Pringle, mother of 6 kids, is juggling multiple mystery series, but seems to most relish her series with cats and cooking, and Emma Endicott writes historical fiction that is extremely well-researched and foot-noted. The women end up going to Castle Kinloch on a remote island in Scotland. A male author, Brett Saffron Presley has leased the castle and turned it into a resort for writers. BSP, as he is referred to, has made it clear that he will not be meeting with the writers that attend. It soon becomes clear that each of the women writers has a unpleasant history with BSP, but their stories take some time to unfurl.
The nearby town is small and not all the residents enjoy the American women's presence. The women don't always get along with each other, either, so there's more than a spot of conflict among them. And when BSP is found dead, they are all suspects. The point of view changes from chapter to chapter, and several of the chapters begin with one of them being questioned by Detective Chief Inspector Euan Macintosh. When the women decide to try to solve the murder themselves, to clear their names, they don't always make the best decisions, but the mystery does get solved. I enjoyed the "meta" nature of the work, as well as the different personalities of all the characters.
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