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A Deadly Edition: 08/17/21
A Deadly Edition by Victoria Gilbert is the fifth book in the Blue Ridge Library mystery series. Amy Webber and Richard Muir are planning their wedding. There's a hitch though when a dubious art dealer is murdered after he crashes a party celebrating the upcoming nuptials. The murder hinges on a rare book of illuminated manuscripts done in the late 1800s. The plot reminded me of another mystery with a rare book of dubious provenance: Books of a Feather (2016). I've read a bunch of cozies this year where the main character gets married. In most of them, I've found the marriage piece of it a distraction from the mystery. In this particular volume, though, the wedding planning was the most interesting piece. Early on when a certain character is introduced I knew — just knew — that they were the murderer. Figuring out the killer's identity isn't always a bad thing, but in this case it made the slow plotting of the investigation all the more obvious. The sixth book is Renewed for Murder. It releases on December 7th. Three stars Comments (0)
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