The Scottish Thistle Amulet

“No one in Scotland can escape from the past. It is everywherehaunting like a ghost.”Geddes MacGregorDoes the Scottish Thistle Amulet have unescapable mystic properties relatedto the past?When Riley ad her cousin Charlie learn of a priceless stolen Scottish thistleantiquity on their visit to the Edinburgh Museum in Scotland the temptation touncover its whereabouts lures them into a conspiracy scheme with their newfriends the McGregor twins. Deliberately ignoring Riley’s parents’ warning notto engage in any amateur detective capers the four sleuths choose to pursuewhat they think is a harmless investigation.The lines between right and wrong become blurred as the four detectivescreate a prickly situation of their own by withholding their sleuthing escapadesfrom Riley’s parents.The exhilarating expectation of fi nding the lost treasure unwittingly tanglesthem in a thorny plot by a maniacal criminal who’ll stop at nothing to protectan unlawful lucrative enterprise. Strange haunting threatening events areshrugged off by the teens. How could they know that every clue they fi nd willbecome an entanglement that in the end could possibly lead to their demise.