Book Review: Page Marked for Murder by Lauren Elliott

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In Lauren Elliott's fifth Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery, a murder and a missing first edition of The Secret Garden have rare bookstore owner Addie Greyborne running around her Massachusetts town trying to read the clues...


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Synopsis:

January isn't the season for the seaside, but the big Fire and Ice festival is keeping bookstore owner Addie busy. Amid the plans for a fireworks display and an ice-carving competition, she's also dog sitting for a friend in the hospital. When Addie goes to her friend's house to gather supplies, she notices an interesting item on the nightstand which belongs to her shop assistant, Paige: a very valuable copy of the beloved children's book The Secret Garden.

But Addie's blood runs cold when she finds something else: a dead body behind the bakery next door to her shop. Martha, the bakery owner, has no alibi--and has been seen in a heated argument with the victim. And the next thing Addie knows, that first edition has gone missing. Is there a connection between the body and the treasured tome? If there is, it's up to Addie to find a killer with a motive as hidden as Frances Hodgson Burnett's famous garden . . 

Review:

While this is technically a 'cozy' mystery, it's very well ordered, so that even Agatha would give it a thumbs up , fot it's plot and red herrings! What to you do when the person who used ot be your enemy is now blamed for a murder, that you found the body for? For Addie, it's not believing the obvious as she knows the poeple involved too well. But when more outsiders are added to the mix, even she has to pause. This fast paced mystery will keep you turning the pages long into the night! AND get you hookd on the series (this is book 5 in the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery)!


About the Author:

Lauren Elliott is the USA Today bestselling author of the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery Series. She grew up devouring Nancy Drew, graduated to Agatha Christie, and then began writing her own mysteries, as well as bringing her passion for storytelling to careers in professional theater and journalism. She can be found online at LaurenElliottAuthor.com. 

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