littletaiko 's review for:

A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert

3.0

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Cute cozy mystery set in Virginia. Amy is a librarian at the local library after having moved in with her aunt following a breakup with her boyfriend that caused her to flee her old job. Seems a little extreme but whatever works I suppose. A quibble I have is that the aunt is portrayed as being old and fragile but she's only in her 60's. Really? Anyway, the mystery itself is more of a mystery within a mystery which is fun. However as I was reading it, I couldn't help but notice certain points that were obviously being laid our for significant clues and events later on. Of course there is the requisite romance but thankfully there isn't a love triangle to deal with. Also there is some unfinished business with a character that may or may not be doing some shady things which hopefully will play out in later books.