danadoesbooks's profile picture

danadoesbooks 's review for:

Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney
lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Thank you to @stmartinspress, the author, and @NetGalley for the gifted copy of Chapter and Curse!  All opinions in this review are my own.

Chapter and Curse is the first book in the Cambridge Bookshop series.  When Molly and her mother learn that her aunt needs help running the family bookshop in England, they pack their bags.  Molly has many ideas to bring in more customers, including author readings.  However, the night of their first event, one of the guests is found murdered and Molly's aunt is the main suspect!

Chapter and Curse pulled me in right from the beginning.  I would gladly pack up and move to Cambridge if someone told me they needed help running their bookshop!  I liked that there were a lot of suspects because it was hard to figure out who the actual murderer was.  Of course, that also means you need to keep track of more characters.  Overall, I loved this cozy mystery because of the atmosphere and setting!