For Whom the Book Tolls

An Antique Bookshop Mystery, Book 1

By: Laura Gail Black

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Fleeing some unsavory doings in her hometown of Charlotte, Jenna accepts her uncle's gracious invitation to stay with him in small-town Hokes Folly, North Carolina. In exchange, she'll help him out in his antiquarian bookstore. But soon after she arrives, Jenna finds her uncle's body crumpled at the base of the staircase between his apartment and the bookstore.

Before the tragedy even sinks in, Jenna learns that she's inherited almost everything her uncle owned: the store and the apartment as well as his not-so-meager savings and the payout from a life-insurance policy...which adds up to more than a million dollars. This is all news to Jenna - bad news, once the police get wind of her windfall. And it’s an ill wind indeed, as a second murder cements Jenna's status as the prime suspect in both deaths.

Jenna can hit the road again, taking her chances that she can elude trouble along the way, or she can stick it out in Hokes Folly, take over the bookstore, and try to sleuth out her uncle's killer. On the one hand, she's made some wonderful new friends, and she feels she can thrive in the genial small-town environment. On the other hand, trouble knows her address - and so does the killer, who is determined to write the final page of her story.

©2020 Laura Gail Black (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

great mystery

I very much enjoyed this book, I suspected that character then I thought otherwise in the end I was a bit surprised..

Couldn't put it down!

Interesting assortment of characters with a storyline that kept you guessing right to the end. A truly fun read! Can't wait for the next book! i am hooked!

Entertaining

More like 3.5 stars. Interesting and entertaining enough to keep my interest, but not to the point where I just had to keep reading. It was easy to put down. I will say the whodunit part was surprising.
I would read another one in the series.
The narration was pretty good

You know it from the start

At first, I found it hard to get into it. it has crooked cops, and I saw the love interest and a forever love in the end..

Loved it!

Fun book to listen to. Hoping there is more fin a series! Live the who done it aspect.

Fun mystery

This is a nice start to a fun relaxing mystery series. Great narration and no serious blood and gore. If you enjoy a little romance and a true cozy mystery this is for you.

Good mystery.

Narrator wasn't fun to listen to.
She read it choppily, and very slow.
Story was good,

Great story

Great plot, storyline, interesting characters. And the performance was wonderful. Thank so much for this book

Basic, Enjoyable Story

Nothing spectacular here but an easy listen for a road trip. Some parts were too wordy, some were too obvious, but overall a pleasant read that doesn't require your full attention to follow.

I Wish There Were More

As soon as the book ended, I went to buy the next one in the series. Alas, this is the only one :(
The book was great. Even more so now that I have discovered it is apparently the author’s first published work!! As always, I enjoyed Susan Boyce’s performance as well.
This was a great, clean cozy!!! So many of the cozies I read or listen to have social, political or ecological issues in them. I do not need that in my mystery reading. I read cozy mysteries to escape. If I want the other, I will read non-fiction, watch the news or just live my life. The characters drew me in and made me care about them. There were many plot twists. I did not see the guilty party “from a mile a way”. I thoroughly enjoyed the listen. I am looking forward to the next book!