Review of Murder by the Book

Title: Murder by the book

Author: Lauren Elliott   

Pg: 304

Series: Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery

Genre: Cozy Mastery

Rating:  4 stars

     Murder by the Book is the first book in The Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery by Lauren Elliot. Addie Greyborne has left the Boston Public library to open a bookstore in her aunt’s home town. She just wants to forget her father’s car accident that killed him and the unsolved murder of her fiancé but pretty much in her first week in town she finds herself involved in a murder mystery.

     A murder that her new friend Serena becomes the prime suspect and Serena’s brother’s hands as the town’s police chief is tied. He can’t help his sister he has to follow the letter of the law. So it’s up to Addie to clear her friends name and find the real killer before she becomes their next victim.

     I enjoyed this small-town bookstore mystery. This book did indeed have all the stereotypical small-town characters but that doesn’t take away from the charm of the book. I am looking forward to the next book in the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery and anything else from Lauren Elliott.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are mine alone.