Thursday, August 2, 2018

Better Off Read

Title: Better Off Read
Author: Nora Page
Published: May 8th 2018 by Crooked Lane Books
Format: eBook, Hardcover, 325 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Bookmobile Mystery #1

This new series introduces Cleo Watkins the seventy- five year old librarian of Catalpa Springs, Georgia, who is at odds with Mayor Day when he wants to tear down the remaining walls of the historic library that has recently been decimated by a storm and use the funds to build a fishing pier and casino for a high-end clientele.

Cleo’s wish to rebuild is not dead yet and as she takes off around town in her mobile Words on Wheels library, one of her first stops is to a major benefactor. When Buford Krandall’s body is found amidst a wreckage of papers and true crime books, Cleo and her friends set out to solve his murder. Little did Cleo know that her best friend, and a person that was currently waging war with the dead man, would become the prime suspect. Nora Page does try to distract you with the on goings of her grandson Ollie, but it is still a straightforward story.

This is a typical cozy mystery complete with a small town, pets, quirky friends, a love interest, food, and books lovers. There is good potential for this series as long as Nora Page can add more subtext to keep the reader’s mind bouncing back and forth.

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