Name: Murder by the Book
ISBN: 9781432865191

Lauren Elliot

Murder by the Book

Lauren Elliott

Addie Greyborne loved working with rare books at the Boston Public Library—she even got to play detective, tracking down clues about mysterious old volumes. But she didn’t expect her sleuthing skills to come in so handy in a little seaside town . . . Addie left some painful memories behind in the big city, including the unsolved murder of her fiancé and her father’s fatal car accident. After an unexpected inheritance from a great aunt, she’s moved to a small New England town founded by her ancestors back in colonial times—and living in spacious Greyborne Manor, on a hilltop overlooking the harbor. Best of all, her aunt also left her countless first editions and other treasures—providing an inventory to start her own store. But there’s trouble from day one, and not just from the grumpy woman who runs the bakery next door. A car nearly runs Addie down. Someone steals a copy of Alice in Wonderland. Then, Addie’s friend Serena, who owns a nearby tea shop, is arrested—for killing another local merchant. The police seem pretty sure they’ve got the story in hand, but Addie’s not going to let them close the book on this case without a fight . . .

Sarah Sammis

I'm all for jumping into a new series without a lot of unnecessary introductions, but this one felt more like a third or fourth in a series.

With so much going on in Addie's life in terms of deaths, break-ins, and the store sabotage, I'm surprised at how long it takes her to agree that she's being targeted. I did like how the chief of police (newly appointed) takes her situation seriously. The relationship between Addie and Mark is supposed to be set up as a romance, but they gave me more a Jessica Fletcher and Sheriff Amos Tupper vibe. Sure they're younger, but Mark just happily invites Addie along as he investigates.

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