Bookmarked for Murder (Mystery Bookshop #5) by V.M. Burns

Bookmarked for Murder

(Mystery Bookshop #5)

by V.M. Burns

Paperback, 256 pages

Expected publication: November 26th 2019 by Kensington Publishing Corporation

Goodreads synopsis:

Amateur sleuth Samantha Washington’s shopping trip to Chicago takes a deadly detour when a man is murdered on her bus . . .

After some post-Christmas retail therapy in the Windy City, mystery bookshop owner and historical whodunit novelist Sam Washington is returning home to North Harbor, Michigan, on a chartered bus. With Nana Jo and her gal pals Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae from Shady Acres Retirement Village along for the ride, it's a lively trip. But one passenger is not so lively—a gentleman Irma befriended is found dead in his seat after an unscheduled stop. The ladies immediately shift gears to find out who punched his ticket, while Sam slips into the driver's seat to make sure Nana Jo and her crew steer clear of fatal conclusions .

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4.5 Stars

This is the fifth book in the Mystery Bookshop series by V.M. Burns

What a hoot of a series! The ladies from Shady Acres Retirement Village are just exactly the perfect backdrop for a cozy mystery!

This book is about how the Shady Acres gang are coming back from a trek to Chicago and on the bus home, a man is found murdered. He is a somewhat famous Pulitzer prize-winning author about to come out with an in-depth book about JFK’s brother, Robert Kennedy.

Sam Washington, mystery book store owner, gets enlisted to assist the Shady Acres gang since she is writing her own cozy mystery set in the 1930’s and she can figure out whodunit better than the nosy residents from the retirement village.

What a fun book. I had no idea whodunit even following all the clues. Be aware that there are sections in this book where Sam is trying to think through the clues and she does that by writing her own mystery. That mystery unfolds in the pages between the actual story.

If you love cozy mysteries, definitely check out this book. It is a so fun and flirty!

I received this as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) in return for an honest review. I thank NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this title.