Author: Laura Gail Black
Published: August 11th 2020 by Crooked Lane Books
Format: eBook, Hardcover, 264 pages
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Series: An Antique Bookshop Mystery #1
Jenna Quinn is desperate for a new start. After having been accused of a couple of crimes, and then acquitted, Jenna needs a do-over. She hasn’t seen her Uncle Paul since her teen years, but he has always kept a scrapbook of her goings-on. He has now reached out to her and offered her a landing spot at his bookshop in Hokes Folly. The morning after her arrival, she finds Paul Baxter’s body at the bottom of the stairs. She couldn’t speak to him the prior evening due to her late arrival, but now finds herself accused of murdering the man that she was just about to reacquaint with; a man that had offered her a lifeline and a second chance.
With one officer assuming that she is a murderer, a second that wants to follow the clues, a neighbor that has befriended her, and a pair of Hoke spinsters that are decedents of the man that built the town tag-teaming her, Jenna must solve a murder, clear her name, and decided if this town is where she wants to stay or if a man, who has suddenly appeared and wanted Jenna’s inheritance, is her uncle’s long lost son and is the rightful owner of the bookshop and a mystery find that her uncle kept hidden, or if he too, has ulterior motives. I know, a long-winded sentence, but that is what is facing Jenna with no time to spare or to even breath.
A great start to a series that will have readers coming back for more. With a steady pace that doesn’t let out too much too soon or lagging parts where you wish the author would get on with it already, For Whom the Book Tolls adds the right splash to a cozy mystery market that needs new blood and an author that can keep the attention of her audience.
With one officer assuming that she is a murderer, a second that wants to follow the clues, a neighbor that has befriended her, and a pair of Hoke spinsters that are decedents of the man that built the town tag-teaming her, Jenna must solve a murder, clear her name, and decided if this town is where she wants to stay or if a man, who has suddenly appeared and wanted Jenna’s inheritance, is her uncle’s long lost son and is the rightful owner of the bookshop and a mystery find that her uncle kept hidden, or if he too, has ulterior motives. I know, a long-winded sentence, but that is what is facing Jenna with no time to spare or to even breath.
A great start to a series that will have readers coming back for more. With a steady pace that doesn’t let out too much too soon or lagging parts where you wish the author would get on with it already, For Whom the Book Tolls adds the right splash to a cozy mystery market that needs new blood and an author that can keep the attention of her audience.
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