- Title: A Bookshop to Die For
- Author: M.P. Black
- Series: A Wonderland Books Cozy Mystery #1
- Genre: Cozy Myster
- Takes Place: Blithedale
- Main Character: Alice Hartford
- Other Characters: Ona, Becca, Vince, Bunce, Kristin, Kris, Rich, Mr & Mrs Oriel, Chief Jimbo, Darrell, Mayor MacDonalld
- Stars: 5
“If you want to know who committed a crime, take a look at who benefits the most.”
This is the first time I have read anything by this author but it won’t be my last. This cozy mystery was a fast and easy read. The reader can’t help but fall in love with Alice.
We first meet Alice as she arrives in town wearing a dirty wedding dress. She is a runaway bride who shows up in her hometown that she hasn’t been back to since she was a child. She first visits the bookstore her mom used to own just to find that it is falling apart and a developer is trying to buy it to destroy it. When the contractor at the bookstore falls to his death, the authorities brush it off as an accident but Alice thinks it is murder and she is deterimined to prove it. Her Sleuthing takes her through several possible suspects and motives until the surprise ending.
This has the small town community feel that I love. Even though Alice hasn’t been to town since she was a child, some members of the community embraced her as one of their own. Then it has the drama of why did Alice show up in town wearing a wedding dress and a murder that she feels compelled to solve so she can save the bookstore from being demolished. I really thought I had this one figured out but i was wrong. There was a twist that I didn’t see coming.
I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading the next one in the series.
“The most important things in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will’
Happy Reading!
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