Overview
Madeline Brimley, new owner of a bookstore in a small Georgia town, finds herself playing sleuth when a friend is charged with the murder of a much-disliked woman.
Madeline Brimley recently inherited a bookstore in Enigma, Georgia, is embarking on her second career, after her first one (acting) founders upon the metaphorical rocks. Settling in, Madeline recruits her friend Gloria Coleman, the local Episcopal priest, to help her plant azaleas in the front yard of the old Victorian that houses the bookstore. Turning the soil, however, uncovers the body of one Beatrice Glassie, a troublesome woman who has been missing for the past six months.
When her friend Gloria is arrested for the murder, Madeline is determined to prove her innocence and, as she quickly finds out, there aren’t many people in town who hadn’t wanted to kill Bea Glassie at one point or another. And the very expensive and rare first edition of a particular volume of Grimm’s Fairy Tales—ordered by the victim and her sister is somehow tied to the grim death. With the help of her not-quite-boyfriend, a local lawman, and her deceased aunt’s best friend, Madeline plans to set a trap to catch the real murderer—before she becomes the next victim.
Review
Madeline Brimley, new owner of a bookstore in a small Georgia town, finds herself playing sleuth when a friend is charged with the murder of a much-disliked woman.
Ok! Let me just say, I was captured by this cover. But, I am not a fan of cozy mysteries (gasp!).
I am a big fan of bookstores and the south. So, that was a big plus in this book. I also enjoyed Madeline and her antics. She is not going to stop till she gets to the bottom of the issue.
This just moves a bit slow and it has some areas that I don’t believe the police would let anyone do what they were doing in an investigation. (Clear as mud!😜) This got on my nerves a bit.
Need a great setting, cozy mystery…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today.
I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
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