- Title: Staging in Murder
- Author: Grace Topping
- Series: Laura Bishop Mystery #1
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Takes Place: Louiston, Pennsylvania
- Main Character: Laura Bishop
- Other Characters: Nita, Tyrone, Victoria, Monica. Doug, Waren, Cora, Dr M, Detective Spangler, Mrs Webster, Will Parker
- Pets: Inky the Cat
- Stars: 5
This is my first book by this author and it’s a great one! I think it’s her first Cozy Mystery book and she got off to a great start. I’m really looking forward to reading more from her!
Laura Bishop is just starting out with her new business staging homes. She has her first client staging a 19th-century mansion to get it ready to sell. Even though the mansion hasn’t been updated in decades, she is determined to make it picture perfect. Her client will be tough but she is well known in the community. She is aware that the success or failure of her career may be determined by the manner in which this home is staged. She is both enthusiastic and apprehensive. Everything is going smoothly until her client has a run-in with her young assistant, Tyrone, over a broken vase, and then a dead body falls through the laundry chute at Laura’s feet. Tyrone was arrested after investigators determined he committed the heinous crime. Laura is positive Tyrone could not have killed anybody. When Tyrone’s grandmother insists that Laura prove his innocence, She finds herself playing amateur sleuth which could get her killed.
This book is a great beginning to the Laura Bishop Mystery series. It includes a likable protagonist, a quirky friend, a cozy small town, humor, a hot realtor, a victim with many enemies, a list of suspects with potential motives and an ending you won’t see coming. I can’t wait to start book two.
“Your House is a stage.”
Happy Reading!
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