Beach Reads Mystery #01: Little Bookshop Of Murder

Beach Reads Mystery #01: Little Bookshop Of Murder
Maggie Blackburn
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Hardback
h209 x 139mm
7 Jul 2020 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781643854380
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Summer Merriweather' s career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder' s thread. Academic life at her Virginia university is a viper' s pit, so Summer spends her summer in England, researching a scholarly paper that, with any luck, will finally get her published, impress the Dean, and save her job. But her English idyll ends when her mother, Hildy, shuffles off her mortal coil from an apparent heart attack. Returning to Brigid' s Island, NC, for the funeral, Summer is impatient to settle the estate, sell her mom' s embarrassingly romance-themed bookstore, Beach Reads, and go home. But as she drops by Beach Reads, Summer finds threatening notes addressed to Hildy- "Sell the bookstore or die. " Clearly, something is rotten on Brigid' s Island. What method is behind the madness? Was Hildy murdered? The police insist there' s not enough evidence to launch a murder investigation. Instead, Summer and her Aunt Agatha screw their courage to the sticking place and start sleuthing, with the help of Hildy' s beloved book club. But there are more suspects on Brigid' s Island than are dreamt of in the Bard' s darkest philosophizing. And if Summer can' t find the villain, the town will be littered with a Shakespearean tragedy' s worth of corpses--including her own.

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Praise for Little Bookshop of Murder "[A] charming series launch. . . Plenty of booklore. . . enhances the sleuthing. " --Publishers Weekly"[An] engaging cast. " --Booklist"With its charming beachfront setting and collection of book-loving characters, Maggie Blackburn' s Little Bookshop of Murder has it all: suspense, charm, and a mystery that draws readers in immediately. An enjoyable start to what promises to be a delightful new series. " --Julie Hyzy, New York Times bestselling author of the White House Chef and Manor House Mystery series "You will smell the ocean and feel the sand in your toes in this delightful new series. The quirky characters and an intriguing plot provide an enjoyable visit to the Beach Reads bookstore. " --Allison Kingsley, national bestselling author of the Raven' s Nest Bookstore mysteries "A modern, innovative plot line with whimsical characters, Little Bookshop of Murder is bound to delight every reader who loves indie bookshops, beachy communities and family secrets. " --Terrie Farley Moran, Agatha Award-winning and nationally bestselling author of the Read ' Em and Eat mysteries "Love, love, love this bookstore! In fact, I want to own it. And I also want to live in this beach town full of warm and quirky people. Of course, they make ideal suspects when there' s a killer on the loose. Summer is a gutsy heroine but will it be enough to find the person who killed her mom before she becomes the next victim? " --Essie Lang, author of the Castle Bookshop mysteries
Maggie Blackburn is the author of the Cora Crafts mysteries and the Cumberland Creek mysteries under another pen name. Her books have been selected as finalists for an Agatha Award and a Daphne du Maurier Award and as a Top 10 Beach Reads by Woman' s World. She has also been short-listed for the Virginia Library People' s Choice Award. She is the mother of two young women who are off following their dreams in the music business. She currently lives in Waynesboro, VA, and works at the University of Virginia as a development associate.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781643854380
Published: 7 Jul 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 209mm
Width: 139mm
Pages:

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