Book Review: The Game is a Footnote by Vicki Delany

    Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this ebook, free of charge,from Crooked Lane Books via Netgalley, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it. All opinions are my own. 


Gemma Doyle and Jayne Wilson are back on the case when a body is discovered in a haunted museum in bestselling author Vicki Delany's eighth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery.

the game is a footnote cover

Synopsis:

Scarlet House, now a historical re-enactment museum, is the oldest building in West London, Massachusetts. When things start moving around on their own, board members suggest that Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, might be able to get to the bottom of it.  Gemma doesn’t believe in ghosts, but she agrees to ‘eliminate the impossible’. But when Gemma and Jayne stumble across a dead body on the property, they’re forced to consider an all too physical threat.  
 
Gemma and Jayne suspect foul play as they start to uncover more secrets about the museum. With the museum being a revolving door for potential killers, they have plenty of options for who might be the actual culprit.
 
Despite Gemma's determination not to get further involved, it would appear that once again, and much to the displeasure of Detective Ryan Ashburton, the game is afoot.
 
Will Gemma and Jayne be able to solve the mystery behind the haunted museum, or will they be the next to haunt it?


Review:

this is book 8 in the series, btu only the 2nd I have read. Once again Gemma gets accidentally placed into detective mode, and has to use her acute observatiion skills to try to solve the mystery at hand, with the help of the local police. You think you know who is causing the 'haunting's at Scarlet house, but not the full reason why. But there's a twist and that's what makes this series fun! You'll be wishing Gemma's bookstore was in your town by the time you finish reading! If you're looking for some light holiday reads, give this series a try!


About the Author:

Vicki Delany is a bestselling author of more than thirty novels/novellas in several of mystery's subgenres. Born in Manitoba and raised in Ontario, she is the former president of the Crime Writers of Canada, a member of Capital Crime Writers, and a member of Sisters in Crime.

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