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Tricia Miles owns a mystery bookstore in the small town of Stoneham, New Hampshire. When the shop owner next to her is murdered, the local sheriff decides that Tricia is guilty and seems to be looking at no other possibilities for an answer. On top of that, Tricia's sister Angelica decides to move to town. They have never really been close and Tricia isn't sure that they can be at this late stage of their lives. The book was good but there was never any real mystery to it. The guilty party is ra
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New mystery bookstore owner, Tricia Miles is having a bad month. First off, her estranged sister Angelica has decided to visit and tries to horn in on her new business. Then a fellow bookstore owner is found murdered in her shop...just one door down from Tricia's place. And for some unknown reason, the local sheriff is convinced that Tricia did it, even when her own store is vandalized. Poor Tricia is trying to dissuade her sister from moving to town, trying to fend off an amorous neighbor, tryi
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Tricia Miles moves to Stonehaven, a town where the Chamber of Commerce has enticed booksellers like herself to open shop and give the town a pull for the tourist industry. Tricia's specialty is mysteries. When her business neighbor is found dead in her Cookbook shop and an expensive rare book is missing, Tricia becomes the prime suspect. The sheriff of the town is determined to prove she did it. So Tricia has to solve the murder herself in order to prove she didnt do it. Only it is a more comple
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Okay, though a bit un-inspired. Liked teh setting, and Miss Marple, and liked Tricia most of the time (at the end she was pretty curmudgeonly!). It wasnt bad, I just felt when I got to the end that nothing was surprising, and nothing really interesting had happened. I know someone died and thats not nothing, but you have to expect that when you start a murder mystery so its not a surprise :)
★★★½✩ to ★★★★✩ Pretty entertaining for a start of a cozy series and I was looking to fulfill my owing a small town bookstore fantasy. I couldn’t figure out why the female sheriff was so hostile, but that was answered by the end. I’d be willing to read the next in the series.
Jul 28, 2010
Pam
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