Amanda Flower

Martin College librarian India Hayes is surprised when her childhood friend Olivia asks her to be a bridesmaid since their friendship has been cool ever since Olivia dumped India's brother Mark, and when Olivia is murdered days before her nuptials, Mark is the obvious suspect, and India turns amateur sleuth to prove his innocence.

An India Hayes Mystery

Maid of Murder

Sarah Sammis

At the start of the year I was asked to review Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower. I agreed to the review because a college librarian as amateur sleuth sounded interesting. Plus she has a brother who is a long time mathematics graduate student, a character I can also relate too.

India Hayes, academic librarian and reluctant bridesmaid must solve the mystery of who killed her childhood friend at the wedding.

I really expected to like this book but I found the pacing too slow. A cosy mystery is one part banter, one part red herring and one part crumb trail of clues. Maid of Murder was too heavy on the banter and family drama. The personal issues drowned out the mystery parts of the book.

Maid of Murder An India Hayes Mystery

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