What’s not to love in Daphne Silver’s The Tell-Tale Homicide? A rare books librarian/amateur sleuth, who loves to dress in vintage chic, a murder that could be somehow connected to Edgar Allan Poe, not to mention she drives a blue roadster just like my favorite girl detective.
The follow-up to Silver’s Agatha Award-winning Crime and Parchment, this second installment in the Rare Books Mystery series finds Juniper Blume back in Rose Mallow on the first day of her dream job at the Calverton Foundation, overseeing the town’s much disliked founding family’s private collection for a new museum.
Having left her post at the Library of Congress, it isn’t long before Juniper begins to question her move that she hoped would also bring her even closer with her sister, Azalea, who owns a local inn, as well as Leo Calverton, grandson to the historic family matriarch.
After discovering the body of a man clutching a rare copy of Poe, stolen from the Calverton collection, Juniper is certain the book has something to do with his death and can’t help but set out to find the murderer, even if it puts herself in jeopardy.
Silver brings readers a can’t-put-it-down mystery, with the perfect seasoning of romance, an interesting array of suspects that will keep you guessing and a rich cast of characters that makes it hard to wait for the next addition to the Rare Book Mystery Series.
I highly recommend The Tell-Tale Homicide for Poe-natics and cozy mystery fans alike. I received this advanced reader copy courtesy of the author. Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Review by Di Prokop, More Mystery Please
The follow-up to Silver’s Agatha Award-winning Crime and Parchment, this second installment in the Rare Books Mystery series finds Juniper Blume back in Rose Mallow on the first day of her dream job at the Calverton Foundation, overseeing the town’s much disliked founding family’s private collection for a new museum.
Having left her post at the Library of Congress, it isn’t long before Juniper begins to question her move that she hoped would also bring her even closer with her sister, Azalea, who owns a local inn, as well as Leo Calverton, grandson to the historic family matriarch.
After discovering the body of a man clutching a rare copy of Poe, stolen from the Calverton collection, Juniper is certain the book has something to do with his death and can’t help but set out to find the murderer, even if it puts herself in jeopardy.
Silver brings readers a can’t-put-it-down mystery, with the perfect seasoning of romance, an interesting array of suspects that will keep you guessing and a rich cast of characters that makes it hard to wait for the next addition to the Rare Book Mystery Series.
I highly recommend The Tell-Tale Homicide for Poe-natics and cozy mystery fans alike. I received this advanced reader copy courtesy of the author. Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
Review by Di Prokop, More Mystery Please