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A southern mystery where the main character Madeleine, returns to her hometown after her aunt dies. She finds she has inherited the bookstore owned by her deceased aunt. Arson, murder and more arson ensues and Madeleine tries to solve the crimes. 3.75/5⭐️

I really liked the narrator, but the MC was awful and the story wasn‘t that good.
An aging actress inherits a bookshop from her aunt who inspired the MC‘d acting and broadway career with her own. From the moment MC returns to her small town, she‘s gets involved with arson and a murder and foolishly thinks she can solve them.
1/5 read for a self aggrandizing MC who makes foolish and short sighted decisions. The narrator is excellent

110 pages in. Even if it goes down hill from here this is still a 5 🌟 read for me solely for the fact that they've quoted Casablanca.

Booked for Murder was an Enjoyable Getaway. It has good bones. Set in a unique small town, with a wonderful bookstore, and characters I want to know better makes me keen to know what the author has up their sleeve for the next installment of this series.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2024/12/11/cozy-wednesday-featuring-booked-fo...

A good southern mystery

https://reecaspieces.com/2024/12/12/booked-for-murder-by-p-j-nelson-stmartinspre...

Madeline left her hometown to pursue a career on the stage. She is drawn home when her aunt passes leaving Madeline her bookstore. However, it seems someone is missing determined to drive her away. I really liked Madeline, but had a hard time getting into this one. Some parts felt rushed (the beginning) and other parts dragged (the middle) which overall gave it a disjointed feeling. Thx to NetGalley and St. Martin‘s Press Schuster for the ARC.

I was accepted today for 3 more ARCs to read this Fall. I‘m going to have a lot of ARCs to read this Fall. When I looked on my Netgalley account, it shows that I‘m up to 9 ARCs now. I might as well enjoy reading whatever I want over the Summer because in the Fall, I‘ll probably only have time to read ARCs. If I can during the Fall, I‘ll try to fit in some books that are not priority reads but I‘ll just see what happens.