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anneinaz 's review for:
A Body at the Book Fair
by Ellie Alexander
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A Body at the Book Fair by Ellie Alexander sees Annie and Fletcher attending a book fair and Liam and Pri joining them as part of the trip will be finally nailing Scarlet’s murderer. They have a plan. Then at the very first presentation the inventor of a virtual reality book reader is killed by his own device. Annie is a witness and hops to her feet to organize the situation before the police get there. As it happens the detective is a young woman, Detective Greene, who arrives and it appears they are kindred spirits and bond immediately. Now Annie has two deaths: Fox Andrews, the inventor, and Scarlet, the friend. The other people at the book fair are interesting and Annie and Fletcher soon mark several of them as suspects. They proceed from there. When the time comes for Annie to approach Logan Ashford for a job so she can get an employee badge so she can enter the building in her own time. That goes smoothly so she is able to go back to the book fair to both investigate and shop for the store.
Good characters all, it will be a good thing when Scarlet’s death is no longer hanging over Annie. She and Fletcher have gotten their investigators’ licenses and Novel Detectives is ready to roll. Liam is one character that is not fleshed out as much as I would like and while loyal, is underused. The mysteries, both of them, were well-thought-out and interesting. It’s so sad that in this world there are people so willing to take advantage of others. A lesson to be learned from fiction? Love this series. Great premise. Interesting people. Constant references to books. Couldn’t be better.
I was invited to read A Body at the Book Fair by Storm Publishing. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #Netgalley #StormPublishing #EllieAlexander #ABodyAtTheBookFair