• Murder in the Bookshop

  • Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries, Book 1
  • By: Anita Davison
  • Narrated by: Oona Beeson
  • Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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Murder in the Bookshop

By: Anita Davison
Narrated by: Oona Beeson
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Publisher's summary

Someone’s been read their last rites...

1915, London: Working in the dusty bookshop that her Aunt Violet mysteriously inherited, Hannah Merrill is accustomed to finding twists in every tale. But discovering her beloved best friend Lily-Anne – with a paperknife through her heart – in the middle of the bookshop, is not a plotline she saw coming.

The case is anything but textbook. With the discovery of a coded German message, and Hannah’s instinct that Lily-Anne’s husband is keeping secrets, she determines to get to the bottom of it.

She can’t do it alone though. To crack this case, Hannah will need the enlist the help of her outrageous, opinionated, only-occasionally-objectionable Aunt Violet.

They think they’re making progress until one of their chief suspects is found dead. And Hannah realises that she is herself now in the murderer’s sights. Will the final chapter be the ending of a killer… or just a killer ending?

A totally addictive WW1-set cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey, and Agatha Christie.

©2023 Anita Davison (P)2023 Boldwood Books

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perfect cozy mystery read

narrator was great! Nice start to a new series! I reall enjoyed listening while I put up all my Holiday decorations!

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Well done. Once the story straightened out it all fell into place. Nice narration, good puzzle and now the next entry. Recommend.

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Unsatisfying read

I was pulled out of the story by two things: a lack of depth in the emotional response of the characters + protocols/customs out of sync with the time period. The story also wrapped up in kind of a weird way…it just felt contrived. The narrator, otherwise very good, read the inspector’s voice as a nasally sneer that made him sound a bit creepy. I guess it just wasn’t right for me.

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