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After losing my kitty 3 months ago, I‘m maybe feeling ready to look for a new one, and is it too much to hope she‘ll be able to solve murders like Hamlet?? Another fun one in this series, loved being back at the bookshop with the cantankerous feline. The whodunnit wasn‘t a shock but I don‘t think it needs to be in a cozy. Darla is smart tho sometimes comes across like she‘s 56 instead of 36. But this was fun & quick, funny & sweet at times. 3/5 ⭐️

If the soothing tones of Bob Ross talking about happy trees and clouds couldn‘t improve her day, then nothing good.

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I read the first in this series last year and it was quite enjoyable—how could it not be when it‘s set in a bookshop and features a cat named Hamlet? Started the second one last night and it‘s a nice respite from the news and work! #NowReading

This is a well constructed mystery with compassionate characters, a bookstore and of course a black cat. There is suspense as well. I stayed up till 3 am to finish it. I had to know how it ended, it did not dissapoint. No loose ends. And a black cat so remisciant of my own recently passed Magic. I had him back for a few hundred pages.

I didn't expect this one to be a tearjerker, but I know a thing or two about what it's like to realize a surly old cat loves you and you love him back. Much better than the first book in the series--a little predictable, but how do you not love a crime solving cat who communicates with book titles?