Prologue to Murder

Bookstore owner Addie Greyborne is back in Prologue to Murder by Lauren Elliott.  In between running her store and trying to learn the history of the small town named after her ancestor, Greyborne Harbor, Addie is juggling her love life and murders.

As a “certified” amateur detective, and despite the misgivings of her potential boyfriend, the chief of police, Addie uses her research skills to investigate the murder of the local librarian.

This is book two of a new series, but it’s not necessary to have read the first one (Murder by the Book) to appreciate the story.

A digital review copy was provided by NetGalley.

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Mother’s Day Mayhem

This was my first introduction to Lynn Cahoon (I’d read about her on Jungle Red Writers, a blog by several mystery writers who I enjoy reading), and I was eager to dive in. Mother’s Day Mayhem is a novella, labeled as #6.5 in the “A Tourist Trap Mystery” series and it took several pages to become acquainted with the characters. I quickly come to the conclusion that this is not a series that you can pick up anywhere, and think I would have enjoyed the story more if I were more familiar with the characters.

As it is, the story was okay.   It took me a while to figure out that Jill’s search for a friend’s mother was *the* mystery.  I’m not going to put this in the “do not read” category, but plan to pick up the first entry in the series and then re-visit this story when I know the characters better.

In my opinion, this is worth a read if you follow “A Tourist Trap Mystery”, but for fellow newbies, it may make more sense to defer this until its proper place in the chronology.

A digital review copy was provided by NetGalley.