A killer romance / Maggie Blackburn.

By:

Blackburn, Maggie, 1963-

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781639106356
1639106359

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Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

813/.6 23

LOC classification:

PS3602.R943 K45 2024

Summary: When Beach Reads bookshop hosts a Valentine's Day event, "Romance by the Sea," bookseller Summer Merriweather has no idea that the guest author is under investigation for her own husband's murder. When that same author is found dead at the local bed and breakfast, nobody assumes it's natural causes-there were plenty of people who wanted her dead. As Summer searches for the truth about the author's stranger-than-fiction life, Summer finds suspicious indications of shady behavior in the author's belongings. But the casual sleuthing is quickly derailed when Summer's friend Glads gets hauled in for the murder, and they launch a full-blown investigation to clear her name. As Summer and company pick through the scant clues to solve the case, they may find more treachery and heartbreak than they bargained for.

List(s) this item appears in: New Adult Fiction

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC BLACKBURN	Checked out	05/17/2024	36748002537027

Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Love and murder are in the air this Valentine's day in Maggie Blackburn's third Beach Reads mystery, perfect for fans of Eva Gates and Miranda James.

When Beach Reads bookshop hosts a Valentine's Day event, "Romance by the Sea," bookseller Summer Merriweather has no idea that the guest author is under investigation for her own husband's murder. When that same author is found dead at the local bed and breakfast, nobody assumes it's natural causes-there were plenty of people who wanted her dead.

As Summer searches for the truth about the author's stranger-than-fiction life, Summer finds suspicious indications of shady behavior in the author's belongings. But the casual sleuthing is quickly derailed when Summer's friend Glads gets hauled in for the murder, and they launch a full-blown investigation to clear her name.

As Summer and company pick through the scant clues to solve the case, they may find more treachery and heartbreak than they bargained for.

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When Beach Reads bookshop hosts a Valentine's Day event, "Romance by the Sea," bookseller Summer Merriweather has no idea that the guest author is under investigation for her own husband's murder. When that same author is found dead at the local bed and breakfast, nobody assumes it's natural causes-there were plenty of people who wanted her dead. As Summer searches for the truth about the author's stranger-than-fiction life, Summer finds suspicious indications of shady behavior in the author's belongings. But the casual sleuthing is quickly derailed when Summer's friend Glads gets hauled in for the murder, and they launch a full-blown investigation to clear her name. As Summer and company pick through the scant clues to solve the case, they may find more treachery and heartbreak than they bargained for.

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Kirkus Book Review

A bookshop owner who suspects her guest author is up to no good finds that the truth is more complicated than she knows. Summer Merriweather fondly memorializes her late mom by continuing Hildy's tradition of hosting "Romance by the Sea," inviting authors to take part in the special event at her Beach Reads Bookstore on the little coastal island of St. Brigid, North Carolina. After all, what's a better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with tales of love? But Summer can't get into the new book by Lana Livingston, her upcoming guest author--as a former English professor, Summer really doesn't approve of recasting Romeo and Juliet with a happy ending. That's not her only objection to Lana, about whom Hildy wrote "no friend of mine" in her notes on the author's previous visit--but what does that mean? Summer is distracted from her bewilderment when a hard ankle turn leaves her stuck in a walking boot, heavily medicated. It's lucky she gets so much support from her cousin Piper and Glads, her mother's best friend. Mr. Darcy, the bird Summer inherited from Hildy, is there to cheer her up, though he can't mitigate her dismay over Lana's upcoming reading. When Det. Liam Connor shows up asking about Lana's whereabouts, Summer begins to suspect there's something fishy about her guest author, and an internet search suggests that Lana may not be who she says she is. When Lana's found dead, Summer's willing to write off the whole mess until the police accuse Glads of the crime; Summer then knows she has to find the true killer. A mystery with such limited stakes for the lead character is a low-risk-and-reward offering. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.