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Featuring not one but TWO references to my beloved Jessica Fletcher & Murder, She Wrote - it‘s just a cozy good time with a murder in a bookstore in the quaint coastal town of Pirate‘s Cove with motives galore.

Throw in the beginnings of a romance between bookstore owner and new in town, Ellery Page with the gruff police chief, Jack Carson (only once Ellery has cleared himself as a possible suspect OF COURSE) & I‘m ready for another!

A second MSW reference! Be still my heart! 😍

A murder she wrote / Angela Lansbury mention! Consider me charmed!

I dunno....that was kind of...bad? Maybe unoriginal is a better word. At 2.5x speed on audio, it was palatable; I'm pretty sure I would have skimmed parts if I was reading physically. I did love the idea of a slow burn romance, the introduction of puppy, of little old lady who knows her mysteries, of the potential of fixing up an old property and getting more involved with the community, 1/4

Ellery Page inherits a struggling bookshop and decrepit house from his great-great-great aunt in a seaside town in Rhode Island. He needs to clear his name when a business rival who wanted to buy him out is found dead in the bookshop.

Rather bland. The first two books in the series were freebies so I will read the second, but I wouldn't go so far as to pay out good money to continue.

The damp night air was bracingly cold and, as always, suffused with the distinct ocean smell.

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I enjoyed this as a cosy mystery. It was romance light which I appreciate and there was a decent amount of description which made me feel like I was learning about the characters and location as the mc did.

There were a few editorial issues in terms of typos and grammatical mistakes which were a bit annoying, overall it was a fun read.

I really liked this. I will have to say it‘s one of the cleanest books I‘ve ever read though. No bad language, no sex scenes — nothing but light flirting — and no graphically described violence. Ellery, our mc, who inherits a bookstore and a house from a great great aunt he‘s never met, is a fun character. I‘ll read more books in this series.

I can be oblivious. This is referred to as an M/M cozy. I thought “murder/mystery,” “murder/mayhem?” It finally occurred to me that it refers to the potential romance in the book, which is male/male. 🤦🏻‍♀️. If it was a romance, I would have understood, but I wasn‘t expecting that label in a cozy. So far, it‘s been fun. Our mc, Ellery, inherits a mystery bookstore in a small Rhode Island seaside town and becomes a murder suspect. #audiowalk

I don't know what regular Cozy readers will think, but I enjoyed it. It seemed to have all the required elements of the genre: a small town (bonus points for seasonal tourist town), amature sleuthing (including questionably legal shenanigans), a smoking hot love interest (bonus points for describing the color of his eyes a lot), a puppy, weird inheritance, a recovering broken heart, an old book store, and a gossipy older woman. #LGBTQ #Mystery

Shortly after a tough breakup with his boyfriend, Ellery learns he has inherited a bookstore and house in #RhodeIsland. He‘s wondering how to keep the store afloat and noticing how cute the police chief is when suddenly a body turns up in his store. This is a cute, fun cozy that I enjoyed a lot. I definitely didn‘t guess what the outcome would be. I would for sure read more from this author.

This was June‘s Barnes and Noble serial read. I really enjoyed this small town M/M murder mystery. The first in the Secrets and Scrabble series, I loved Ellery and his perseverance in trying to make the bookstore he inherited profitable. Pirate‘s Cove sounds like a quirky little town with a fun group of people, dressing as pirate‘s and having a pirate celebration. I will definitely continue the series. #BookspinBingo