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A review by thebookishalibi
Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson
3.0
BOOKED FOR MURDER is a promising start to a mystery series set in a small town in Georgia centered on a bookshop. (That premise alone just hollers 'cozy', doesn't it?) It has all of the ingredients: an atmospheric setting, a cast of very quirky characters, and a main character who unwittingly becomes involved in a murder investigation.
Our amateur sleuth, Madeline, has just inherited her aunt's bookshop and reluctantly returned to her hometown. She can barely begin to unpack before there's a murder - in her bookshop. And then we're off, fully immersed in getting to the bottom of things - following Madeline's hunches, interviewing a list of unlikely suspects, and even hinting at the possibility of a future romance with the town handyman.
The pacing was a bit slow for me and I confess it really did not seem like Madeline had a knack for this sort of thing - but maybe she's still learning, and we'll be impressed with her showing in the second book! A good read for a day in bed with a cup of tea. I'll certainly look forward to spending some more time in small town Georgia when the next in the series arrives.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance copy. All opinions are entirely my own.
Our amateur sleuth, Madeline, has just inherited her aunt's bookshop and reluctantly returned to her hometown. She can barely begin to unpack before there's a murder - in her bookshop. And then we're off, fully immersed in getting to the bottom of things - following Madeline's hunches, interviewing a list of unlikely suspects, and even hinting at the possibility of a future romance with the town handyman.
The pacing was a bit slow for me and I confess it really did not seem like Madeline had a knack for this sort of thing - but maybe she's still learning, and we'll be impressed with her showing in the second book! A good read for a day in bed with a cup of tea. I'll certainly look forward to spending some more time in small town Georgia when the next in the series arrives.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance copy. All opinions are entirely my own.