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13. How to book a Murder, a cozy mystery by Cynthia Kuhn

Sun May 25, 2025, 10:04 PM

May 25

Many of the recent cozy mysteries take place in book stores; many of the writers are English professors.

This one, too, and the first sentence is uttered by one of the owners of the bookstore

"To be surrounded by books is an exceptional joy."

Yes, there is a murder, or perhaps two. Many of the mysteries have more than one murder.

One of the owners of the bookstore - Sarllit Bookshop - volunteers to plan a murder party for a wealthy family and, yes, before the party is over the host has been murdered.

I just started but was enchanted by the opening sentence.

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