Charley Carpenter has poured heart and soul
into her clothing store, Old Hat Vintage Fashions. She’ll do anything to make
it a success—even join the stuffy Agathas Book Club in order to cultivate
customers among the wealthy elite of Oakwood, Ohio.
Although mixing with the most influential women in town has its advantages, Charley finds the endless gossip a high price to pay. But after two women with close ties to the Agathas are brutally murdered, everyone falls under threat—and suspicion. When key evidence indicates that both murders are the work of the same hand, Charley realizes that the killer has arranged each corpse in perfect imitation of crime scenes from the Club’s murder mystery reading list. She uses her membership in the Club to convince Detective Marcus Trenault to use her as an inside informant. Not that he could stop her anyway.
Intelligent, fearless, and every bit as stubborn as Marc is, Charley soon learns the Agathas aren’t the only ones with secrets to protect. Passions explode as she and Marc must race against time to prevent another murder. And if Charley’s not careful, she may find herself becoming the killer’s next plot twist. (synopsis from Amazon)
Although mixing with the most influential women in town has its advantages, Charley finds the endless gossip a high price to pay. But after two women with close ties to the Agathas are brutally murdered, everyone falls under threat—and suspicion. When key evidence indicates that both murders are the work of the same hand, Charley realizes that the killer has arranged each corpse in perfect imitation of crime scenes from the Club’s murder mystery reading list. She uses her membership in the Club to convince Detective Marcus Trenault to use her as an inside informant. Not that he could stop her anyway.
Intelligent, fearless, and every bit as stubborn as Marc is, Charley soon learns the Agathas aren’t the only ones with secrets to protect. Passions explode as she and Marc must race against time to prevent another murder. And if Charley’s not careful, she may find herself becoming the killer’s next plot twist. (synopsis from Amazon)
An entertaining cozy featuring red haired vintage clothing
store owner, Charley Carpenter, and her best friends Frankie (Francesca) and
Dmitri.
Charley joins “The Agathas’” book club to mix with the
“elite”, thereby increasing traffic and business for her Old Hat Vintage
Fashions shop. When the body of an Agatha member’s sister turns up as the
victim in a tableau straight from one of their club reads, Charley gets a bit
more than an uptick in business and lively plot and character discussions.
A murderer with a penchant for recreating scenes from their
club picks makes every Agatha a suspect, while a multitude of red herrings will
have readers vacillating between suspects one scene should cement the prime
suspect for mystery aficionados.
There were times Charley was eclipsed by her friends and
personally, I’d like to see more of Frankie and Dmitiri. So, something to look
forward to perhaps.
Set in a quaint, homey town with a varied, likeable cast,
and solid whodunit, THE BOOK CLUB MURDERS should have a strong appeal for cozy
fans. A strong debut for a promising series.
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