To Kill a Mocking Girl

A Bookbinding Mystery

By: Harper Kincaid

Narrated by: Renee Dorian

Quinn Victoria Caine is back in her quirky town of Vienna, Virginia, starting her new life as a bookbinder in her family-owned charm-for-days bookshop Prose & Scones. With her trusty German Shephard RBG - Ruff Barker Ginsburg - by her side, what can go wrong?

Okay, sure, bumping into her ex Scott or her former high-school nemesis Tricia is a drag. It certainly doesn't help that they’ve acquired the new hobby of shoving their recent engagement in her face every chance they get. But that doesn't mean Quinn wanted to find Tricia dead in the road. So why does half the town think she may have done it?

Quinn is determined to find Tricia's killer, even if it means partnering with her cousin-turned-nun Sister Daria and Detective Aiden Harrington, her older brother's too-movie-star-handsome-for-his-own-good best friend. They believe she's innocent, but, of course, that doesn't influence the police, who peg her as their prime suspect. Or, at least they do until she's poisoned.

But there is no way Quinn is going to stop now. Vienna is her town and - for better or worse - Tricia was one of their own. Someone may have killed the mocking girl, but no one's going to stop the notorious QVC.

©2020 Harper Kincaid (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

AMAZING NEW COZY SERIES

I WOULD GIVE THIS BOOK 6 STARS IF I COULD. IT IS JUST THE RIGHT BLEND OF MYSTERY, LAUGHS, MEAN GIRLS, AND FEEL GOOD, WITH THE TWIST OF A FUN LOVING NUN. QUINN, DARIA, BASH, AND AIDEN, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CAST ARE KEEPERS. I HOPE BOOK 2 IS ON ITS WAY. (The 4 on performance is just because she mispronounced some words. It does not detract from the book.)

One of the worst narrators ever

A repetitive, fake voice with mispronunciations and strange pauses made this an impossible listening task.

Fabulous new cozy mystery!

I loved To Kill A Mocking Girl! It has everything I love about cozy mysteries including likable interesting characters, an intriguing mystery, humor, romance and it takes place in Vienna,VA. Quinn recently returned home to Vienna, VA after working abroad for 3 years. She is working at her family’s bookstore repairing old books. Her cousin and best friend is Sister Daria who is now a member of a local religious order. It adds an interesting angle but isn’t overly religious. Quinn and Daria run into twin mean girls they went to school with and then Quinn and her brother Sebastian (Bash) see them later that same day. One of the twins ends up dead and Quinn is a suspect for a bit. Detective Aiden Harrington is on the case. Quinn has a crush on him but he sees her as a kid. Or does he? This book was hard to put down! I had the audiobook narrated by Renee Dorian who did a good job but sometimes it was difficult to tell Quinn from Daria. Very enjoyable book! #ToKillAMockingGirl #BookbindingMystery #HarperKincaid

okay

To Kill A Mocking Bird is ok. It has interesting characters the plot is entertaining, but, Quinn and Daria are immature and their antics are annoying. I finished the book, but, I had to skip ahead every once and a while to because the pace is a bit slow.

The perfect mix of small-town quirkiness & mystery

Oh, how I love a good cozy mystery. In the first book of the Bookbinding Mystery series, Kincaid gifts her readers with a positively addictive read. From the beginning of TO KILL A MOCKING GIRL, I was instantly invested in Quinn, her parents, and Sister Daria. Then you throw into the mix a murder you know Quinn is going to stick her nose into, a dog that seems to be on the case with her, and all the quirkiness of a small-town. What more can you ask for?

What made this book even better is that the author’s writing just flows from one scene to the next. As the momentum builds within the investigation, so does the story. She manages to give weight to the more serious parts while still sprinkling the dialog with humor and sass. So good!

TO KILL A MOCKING GIRL was incredibly wonderful. Just the right amount of everything. I cannot wait to take my next trip to Vienna, Virginia.