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A Novel Way To Die (2012)

by Ali Brandon(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0425251691 (ISBN13: 9780425251690)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Berkley

series

Black Cat Bookshop Mystery

review 1: I found that I liked this 2nd book much better than the first. As a result, yesterday I bought the 3rd book in the series during a jaunt to B&N. One thing I did not like was the editing in the book. Several times words were missing, repeated, or just not the right word in the sentence. However, I like Hamlet and all his quirky friends, so will see how this next book goes. FYI, the title is "Words with Fiends."
review 2: A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon is the second in the A Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series. The black cat is Hamlet, the bookshops mascot and arbiter of employees. Another bookshop cozy, yes I know, but this is a well written series with great characters, reminiscent for me of the early Dido Hoare series, which seems to have dropped off t... morehe face of the earth. We have a new addition to the cast, he made a tiny appearance in the first book but features much more prominently here and seems to be set to be a recurring character. James as the retired professor turned bookseller is excellent and Darla is an interesting sleuth with ideas of her own, although she does tend to jump to conclusions. The mystery is well done, but i suspected who did it early on. This didn’t stop me from enjoying the story as it was told. There is a twist very near the end that I didn’t see coming and I am still not sure how I felt about it. It seemed a little jarring, but maybe that was just me. Delightful feline and book cozy mystery. less

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