Paperback: Stoneham, New Hampshire, is a haven to bookstores, including Tricia's own mystery shop, Haven't Got a Clue, but is sadly lacking in bed and breakfasts. Pippa and Jon Comfort's Sheer Comfort Inn opens its doors to the public in a week and the couple has offered some locals a free night as a trial run.
But what should have been a pleasant overnight stay for Tricia becomes a nightmare when she makes two startling discoveries: Pippa's murdered body in the backyard, and the fact that her husband Jon is actually Harry Tyler, a man Tricia loved - and believed dead - for nearly twenty years.
Now Harry is the prime suspect, but Tricia doesn't believe him capable of murder, regardless of her own feelings toward him. And even though Harry's led a life of lies, Tricia's learning that Pippa had her share of secrets that some people may have not wanted revealed.
Murder On The Half Shelf (2012) is the sixth instalment in the cozy Booktown Mystery series by Lorna Barrett.
It includes recipes such as sausage and vegetable strudel, thumbprint cookies, crepes flambé à l'orange and simply crackers candy.
About the author: The immensely popular Booktown Mystery series is what put Lorna Barrett's name on the New York Times Bestseller list, but it is her talent - whether writing as Lorna, or L L Bartlett, or Lorraine Bartlett - that keeps her there. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries as well as the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s).
Rating: 3/5
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