BOOKED FOR MURDER by P. J. Nelson is a LibraryReads selection for December 2024 and received a starred review from Library
Journal. This murder mystery is entertaining but a little disjointed,
including multiple fires, a stabbing, threatening phone calls, and accusations
of drug dealing. The main character is Madeline Brimley who has just inherited
a Victorian house and bookstore in Enigma, GA, the small town where she grew up
but left for the lights of New York almost twenty years ago. As noted, there are
several traumatic events, and Madeline also struggles with reconciling her
memories with the changes that have occurred. For example, she keeps repeating
how she doesn’t have faith in the local cops (just because she used to babysit
the policeman?). Instead, she relies on support from her aunt’s dearest friend,
Dr. Philomena Waldrop, and Enigma's new Episcopal priest, Gloria Coleman, in
order to investigate the murder. Taking unnecessary risks, Madeline confronts more
than one suspect, but, of course, her efforts soon point to the killer … or do
they?
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