Thursday, October 3, 2019

Book Review: Prologue to Murder by Lauren Elliott

Gossip columnists love a bold-faced name—but “Miss Newsy” at Greyborne Harbor’s local paper seems to specialize in bald-faced lies. She’s pointed a finger of suspicion at Addie after librarian June Winslow never makes it home from a book club meeting. And when June’s found at the bottom of a steep flight of stairs, Addie’s not only dealing with a busybody, but a dead body.
It’s a good thing the guy she’s dating is the police chief. But both the case and her love life get more complicated when a lanky blonde reporter from Los Angeles shows up. She’s trying her hardest to drive a wedge between the couple . . . as if Addie doesn’t have enough problems dealing with angry townspeople. Despite all the rumors, Addie doesn’t know a thing about the murder—but she plans to find out. And the key may lie in a book about pirate legends that June published. Now she just has to hunt down the clues before she becomes a buried treasure herself.[summary via Amazon]

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! The first book in the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mysteries, Murder by the Book, really captured my attention, but this second book has my attention forever!! Yes, I really enjoyed Prologue to Murder that much!

Addie Greyborne is preparing for the Founder's Day celebrations in Greyborne Harbour. However, the celebrations take a deadly turn when the local librarian is found dead. Unfortunately for Addie a local newspaper columnist is determined to point the finger at Addie. With time against her, Addie must solve the mystery before she ends up with life behind bars!

I've come right off reading another cozy mystery featuring buried treasure (Read and Buried by Eva Gates - it's awesome, go check it out). As coincidence would have it I picked up a second story (completely unrelated) involving buried treasure. This time the buried treasure involves pirates, and not the Jack Sparrow kind!

Greyborne Harbour is celebrating Founder's Day, and there are a couple of new faces in town! Lacey Davenport, ex-fiance of police chief, Marc, and best friend to Serena, is in town to stir up trouble and try to win Marc back!! Meanwhile, there is also a new Doctor and Coroner in town, in the way of Dr Simon Emerson. With chemistry brewing between Addie and Simon, this could mean trouble for Marc!

I loved these new additions to Greyborne Harbour. Lacey is a complete love-to-hate character, and it was interesting to see how far she would go to sabotage Addie. Would Lacey go as far as murder? And Simon? Well that's the toe-curling romance I was talking about. Simon is light hearted and quick with a smile, and I'm clearly already finding myself in the Team Simon camp!

I really enjoyed the mystery. It surrounds a book that the late librarian has written, and as a fellow bibliophile, I love the detail the author puts into the research aspect. It has definitely made me curious about pirates, and wanting to do more reading about that time in history.

Prologue to Murder really has everything. It captured me with a strong history-themed cozy mystery. Add in the toe-curling romance with a dash of pirates and buried treasure, and I absolutely can't wait to come back for more.

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