"A ship may bob, safe at harbor, but that doesn't mean it hasn't experienced the wide world - or won't again." Escaping personal tragedy, former school teacher Charlotte Reed takes over her great-aunt's book-themed Bed and Breakfast, Chapters, in the historic seaside town of Beaufort, North Carolina. Business is going well, especially due to the literary-themed … Continue reading Booked for Death – Victoria Gilbert
"'I was promised chocolate." Marvella - Marvey - moved to the small Georgian town of Peach Coast to be a bigger fish in the pool of librarians than she could manage in her native New York. She's settling in well enough, armed with a notebook to scribble down all of those Southern-isms like 'hissy fit' … Continue reading Murder By Page One – Olivia Matthews
"Shelby Cox woke with a start." We first met Shelby back in Trouble on the Books, and in my review of that I said it wasn't my favourite, bookshop/library-based cosy mystery. Still, the series is charming and well written, so I do keep seeming to come back to it... The main plot of this one is … Continue reading A Deadly Chapter – Essie Lang
"'Attention.' I clinked my knife against my glass." This is the sixth book in the Mystery Bookshop series, following bookshop owner and wannabe mystery writer, Sam Washington, as she repeatedly stumbles across murders - and reasons to investigate! This time, and to shake the series up a little, I imagine, she's off to London and … Continue reading A Tourist’s Guide to Murder – VM Burns
"Sometimes chocolate is the only thing standing between me and murder." What a fab opening quote! 🙂 Librarian Amy Webber is in the final stages of wedding planning when a guest turns up dead at the party thrown for the couple by the enigmatic Kurt Kendrick. His shady past isn't quite a secret and yet … Continue reading A Deadly Edition – Victoria Gilbert
"'Ahwawawawawa.'" That's... some way to open a book o.O Things do improve significantly 😉 LOL! We're back in the small, ex-mining town of Tundish, where Delta Douglas moved at the start of Last Pen Standing to follow her dream of running a craft store and designing her own stationary. It's a sleepy kind of place … Continue reading For Letter or Worse – Vivian Conroy
"Summer Merriweather slipped off her flip-flops, allowing the sand's warmth to comfort the bottom of her feet like it had thousands of times before." I'm a sucker for stories about books and bookshops, and there's something lovely about a good cosy mystery when you need some non-mentally-taxing reading. Alas, while not dreadful by any means, … Continue reading Little Bookshop of Murder – Maggie Blackburn
"'More coffee?' I asked Dylan as I got up from the table to pour us both a refill." We're back with Carrie Singleton, head of events at Clover Ridge library - which just happens to be haunted by a friendly ghost, Evelyn, only Carrie can see and hear. When a self-declared psychic comes to town, … Continue reading Checked Out For Murder – Allison Brook
"Quinn Caine may have traveled all over the world, but she still thought nothing was more enchanting than springtime in Vienna, Virginia, especially driving with the windows down on Church Street." Quinn is newly returned to her hometown after years of volunteering abroad. As she settles into her new life repairing old books, she doesn't … Continue reading To Kill a Mocking Girl – Harper Kinkaid
"'Did you just say that Savannah Page is staying overnight here, in the castle?'" Trouble on the Books wasn't my favourite cosy mystery of last year, but I thought I'd give the series another chance. I think book 2 is a bit stronger, although still not my favourite in the genre. Shelby Cox is settling … Continue reading Death on the Page – Essie Lang
