Delaney Nichols first appeared in The Cracked Spine and one of the best ways to learn about a person is by asking questions, so let’s get to know Delaney.

What is your name?
Delaney Nichols

How old are you?
30

What is your profession?
I work in a bookshop in Edinburgh, Scotland, doing a little bit of everything, even some secret stuff.

Do you have a significant other?
I call him my pub owner. There’s a wedding in the very near future.

What is his name and profession?
Tom Shannon, owner of the smallest pub in Scotland.

Any children?
No

Do you have any sibling(s)?
One brother.

Do your parents live near you?
No. They live in Kansas, but they, along with my brother, visit me in The Loch Ness Papers.

Who is your best friend?
I have many new friends in Scotland, but I’m probably closest to one of my landlords, Elias.

Cats, dogs or other pets?
No.

What town do you live in?
Edinburgh, Scotland.

House or building complex? Own or Rent?
I rent a small cottage behind my landlords’ house.

What is your favorite spot in your house?
The cozy kitchen.

Favorite meal? Favorite dessert?
Not haggis! Ick. Favorite is probably fish and chips with vinegar. Yum.

Favorite hobby?
Reading or researching old and rare items.

Favorite author?
That’s tough and I find new favorites all the time, but Jane Austen if we’re talking the classics.

Favorite vacation spot?
I’d never left Kansas before moving to Edinburgh and I still feel like I’m living in the best vacation spot ever.

Favorite sports team?
I’m just getting into soccer, which all my Scottish friends call football. I’ll have to say that my current favorites are the two Edinburgh professional teams, the Hibernian and the Hearts.

Movies or Broadway?
I see more movies but would love to see more Broadway plays down the road. There’s some good live theater in Edinburgh; I’ve enjoyed it too.

Are you a morning or a night person?
Morning.

Amateur sleuth or professional?
Amateur

Whom do you work with when sleuthing?
All my new Scottish friends.

In a few sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
I spend most of my time at the bookshop in a back hidden room called the warehouse. I’ve been tasked with researching and cataloguing my boss’s vast collection of things; some strange, some rare and valuable, some surprisingly ordinary. I help customers in the front of the shop sometimes, and I enjoy some of my own reading time in a comfy chair in the corner. Hector, the miniature Yorkie that owns all of us (but mostly Rosie), is the best dog in the world. If I need any sort of boost, I just find Hector and let him kiss my cheeks.

You can read about Delaney in The Loch Ness Papers, the fourth book in the “Scottish Bookshop” cozy mystery series, released April 2, 2019.

Bookseller Delaney Nichols befriends a Loch Ness monster enthusiast; when he stands accused of murder she’ll do whatever it takes to learn who the killer is―and whether Nessie herself is really lurking in the Scottish waters.

Delaney Nichols is delighted with her life in Edinburgh, working at The Cracked Spine―a shop that specializes in hard-to-find books and artifacts. With a job she loves, and her fast approaching marriage to devastatingly handsome Scottish pub-owner Tom Shannon, Delaney’s life could be straight out of a fairy tale―at least it would be, if the pastor meant to perform the wedding ceremony hadn’t recently passed away. Outside the church where Delaney is searching for another reverend, she stumbles across Norval Fraser: an elderly man obsessed with the Loch Ness monster. Always attracted to the interesting and unusual, Delaney befriends Norval. But when his nephew is found dead, the police decide Norval’s obsession has moved from monsters to murder.

With a wedding to plan, her family arriving soon from Kansas, and the arrival of an over-the-top Texan with a wildly valuable book, Delaney’s plate is full to bursting, but she can’t abandon her new friend. Determined to help Norval, she sets out to learn the truth. The Loch Ness buries its secrets deeply, but Delaney is determined to dig them up―whether Nessie likes it or not.

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About the author
Paige Shelton had a nomadic childhood as her father’s job as a football coach took the family to seven different towns before she was even twelve years old. After college at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, she moved to Salt Lake City where she thought she’d only stay a few years, but she fell in love with the mountains and a great guy who became her husband. After a couple of decades in Utah, she and her family recently moved to Arizona.

To learn more about Paige, visit her website at paigeshelton.com or on Facebook.

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