A Killer Plot (A Books by the Bay Mystery) by Ellery Adams

About the author:  Ellery Adams grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound.  Having spent her adult life in a series of landlocked towns, she cherishes her memories of open water, violent storms, and the smell of the sea.  Ms Adams has held many jobs, including caterer, retail clerk, car salesperson, teacher, tutor, and tech writer, all the while penning poems, children's books, and novels.  She now writes full time from her home in Virginia.  You can find her on Facebook or on her website at www.elleryadamsmysteries.com

Her two other books in the series are


A Deadly Cliche (published 1 March 2011) and


The Last Word (out on 6 December 2011).

Gotta love the trailer:



Backcover blurb:  Olivia Limoges is the subject of constant gossip.  Ever since she came back to town - a return as mysterious as her departure - Olivia has kept to herself, her dog, and her unfinished novel.   With a little cajoling from the eminently charming writer Camden Ford, she agrees to join the Bayside Book Writers, break her writer's block, and even make a few friends...

But when townspeople start turning up dead with haiku poems left by the bodies, anyone with a flair for language is suddenly suspect.  And it's up to Olivia to catch the killer before she meets her own surprise ending.

My take:  I have neglected my cosy reading for awhile now, so after some heavy crime reads in the past few months, I decided to spend the month of June reading at a leisurely pace and also catch up with some books purchased in the last few years and I have more than a few of those, needless to say.

A Killer Plot is the first book in the Books by the Bay mystery published on 1 June 2010 in paperback.  The protagonist is a well-to-do lady who owns a hip restaurant, some buildings downtown and a lighthouse keeper's cottage, her childhood home, in the small coastal town of Oyster Bay, South Carolina.  She lives in a low country-style house with her poodle, Captain Haviland.  She is also a budding writer.  I guarantee all booklovers and those who belong to a writing club will love this series. I am now going to get the second book.

Happy reading.

Rating:  3/5