A murder for the books

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Victoria Gilbert: A murder for the books (2017)

325 pages

English language

Published Nov. 21, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-68331-439-4
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OCLC Number:
988281766

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Librarian Amy Webber leaves her university job to live with her aunt in a historic Virginia mountain town. She lands a new gig managing the charming public library, which has too little money and too many eccentric patrons. The last thing busy Amy needs is a charming new neighbor. Choreographer Richard Muir inherited the farmhouse next door--and its scandalous story--from his great-uncle. Town folklore claims the original owner was poisoned by his wife, who vanished after her 1925 murder trial. When Richard persuades Amy to help him clear the name of the woman his great-uncle loved, their research implicates the town's leading families ... even hers. Amy and Richard crack open the books to turn the page on the town's turbulent past.

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reviewed A murder for the books by Victoria Gilbert (A Blue Ridge library mystery)

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Good but not great - although I think the series has promise, and I will read the next one and see.

Parts of this need work - the over the top abuse of Amy's boss, for one thing. Some loose ends with Amy's parents, ex, and former employer. Some of the people were fairly two dimensional. For these reasons, I have subtracted stars.

There is a supernatural element to the book and it will be interesting to see what happens in future books.

Subjects

  • Librarians
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • City and town life
  • Fiction

Places

  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Virginia