Quinn Caine is back in Vienna, Virginia, after traveling around the world as an English teacher. She is also a bookbinder working in the bookstore her family owns. She is eager to fit back in now that her wandering days are done. Her brother Bash is also back from his wandering working at the fire department.

There have been some changes. Her best friend/cousin/sister/partner-in-crime Daria is now a novice nun in an abbey that breeds and trains dogs. Things would be just perfect if her brother's best friend Aiden would just realize that Quinn has grown up. Quinn has had a crush on him since she was quite young.

Meanwhile, the local mean girl Tricia has become engaged to a guy Quinn dated and dropped before she left for overseas. Tricia feels like she has to seek Quinn out to show off her engagement ring and remind Quinn that Scott is hers now. Quinn is of the opinion that the two of them deserve each other.

But when she is out walking her German shepherd RBG (Ruff Barker Ginsburg) the next evening, she is one who discovers Tricia's body and hears a car drive off after dumping her. She and Daria are the ones who find Tricia's cellphone while they are looking over the crime scene the next day.

Her crush Aiden is now a police detective for Vienna and he encourages Quinn and Daria to back off and let him do his job. But Quinn and Daria decide to keep investigating. They must be getting close to something because the next thing you know someone poisons RBG and almost kills the dog. Quinn picked up the poisoned treats and finds herself possibly poisoned too.

Aiden decides to become Quinn's shadow which is both good and bad for Quinn. She loves being with Quinn but doesn't love that he seems to be treating her like a little sister.

I enjoyed this mystery which also had great relationships between the characters. The plot was engaging and Quinn was an engaging detective.

Bookbinder Quinn finds herself in trouble when her ex's fiance turns up dead and if she's not careful, her days might be numbered.

This was a fun cozy read 😊The characters are all likable and I love the small town is described by the author.
It's a light, quick read and charming, if
you're into cozy mysteries, this one is for you!

Thank you to NetGalley,Harper Kincaid and Crooked Lane Books.

This was a fun cozy. Quinn is back in her home town working with her family and restoring old books. The murder victim is an old high school acquaintance. They weren't close and the murder victim was engaged to an old beau of Quinns. Finger pointing starts immediately and Quinn is the person who found the body. The humor is fun. Her cousin Sister Daria and Quinn feed of each other and make you laugh. The story has some twists a surprises along with lots of suspects. This is easy-to-read and a fun escape.

Thank you to Harper Kincaid and Crooked Lane Books for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Bookbinder Quinn finds herself in trouble when her ex's fiance turns up dead and if she's not careful, her days might be numbered.

This was a fun book with quirky characters and a good mystery. Looking forward to reading more from Kincaid.

Quinn and her cousin Daria assist Aiden, the Dectective in charge, in finding the killer of the mean girl from high school. Aiden is Quinn's love interest and although she doubts his feelings she can't deny her own. Daria is a novitiate and has been Quinn's best friend and co-conspirator since childhood. The killer a Doctor and father to the victim keeps everyone in the dark., until Quinn figures out the mystery. It was an interesting plot and sub-plots keep me reading.

Thank you Net Galley and Crooked Lane Books for the opportunity to read this fun book. If you're into cozy mysteries, this one is for you! It's a light, quick read and I love it. I enjoy the writing style and can't wait to read her books. I highly recommend you check this author out!

To Kill a Mocking Girl by Harper Kincaid is the 1st book in the Bookbinding mystery series by author Harper Kincaid. I really enjoyed this book binder mystery. Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity. My review opinions are my own.

We are introduced to Quinn as our protagonist who has moved back home to Vienna Virginia which is depicted as a idyllic charming small town. Quinn is a book binder and is going to work in her families book shop " Prose & Scones." (The perfect name !) I love the descriptions of the small town and the bookshop by the author. Quinn has a lovable Shepard named RBG after her favorite Supreme court justice who is always by her side. Her ex shows up with her high school nemesis and their engagement rubs Quinn the wrong way ( as the nemesis taunts Quinn with the ring ) words are exchanged. When the nemesis shows up murdered Quinn is suspect number one. Quinn must step up and save her reputation in this small town and the life she is building for herself. During her own investigation she is poisoned and now as suspects abound she finds herself in even more danger.

This was a fun cozy read that I enjoyed . The charcters are all likable and I love the small town and bookstore that are described so charming by the author. The addition of her cousin the nun is a fun quirky sidekick, for our Quinn. I look forward to the next in series.

To Kill a Mocking Girl has the small town feel that you come to expect in cozy mysteries. The characters are likeable and I really enjoyed the mystery itself. I loved all the banter between Quinn and her cousin Daria. It’s exactly how you would expect best friends to be with each other. I’m not buying Daria as a nun so it’ll be interesting to see how that plays out. I hope that if there are more books with these characters, that there is more about the bookbinding aspect. The cover of the book is gorgeous. Cons: 1) About a quarter into the story, there is a part where Quinn turns over her phone to the police. A few hours later, she and Daria are sleuthing and she pulls out her phone to snap pictures of tire tracks and to call Aiden. The same phone that the police still have. In later chapters, the phone is officially returned by the police department and the pictures taken during that time are later brought up as evidence. A huge distracting factor while reading the story. 2) How many times was it necessary to refer to RBG as her dog baby? Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy to read and review. All opinions are my own.

Small town USA - only 15,000+ living there. Not that small, so no wonder that Quinn doesn't know everyone or everywhere encompassed by the town. A really good story, plenty of suspense and quite a few emotional pulls too.

An Anglican convent that breeds/has a dog sanctuary, what a good idea. Loved it.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I read an advance review copy of the book. This review is voluntary, honest and my own opinion.

In the first of a new series, Quinn Caine returns home from traveling the world for three years to some changes in her (once) quiet hometown of Vienna, VA. The town is growing. Her cousin, and best friend, is a nun. And there have been 2 murders!

I absolutely love the quirky characters, they are a unique mix. I like that in this first book we get a good, solid sense of the characters’ histories. Their network of friends, families and acquaintances are nicely established. I look forward to learning more about these characters and bookbinding. I can’t wait to read the next book!

One thing I missed was more information about Wyatt. He was such an outspoken character at first and then after the incident at the nun’s home, we don’t hear much more about him. Hopefully we find out more in the next book.

The first book in a cozy mystery series, this book had some great aspects: the non-traditional best friend who is trying to determine if the church is her calling, a non-traditional career for Quinn, fleshed out secondary characters like Bash, Aiden, and Quinn’s parents. The story moved along at a good pace and it was fun to read. A couple red herrings were thrown in, making the killer in the end a bit of a surprise. Except the end rant/justification by this person seemed over the top and out of place. Also the use of quotes at the beginning of each chapter didn’t seem to tie in well, and the references to church and faith (outside of Daria) seemed a bit out of place, hence why I took 1 star away.


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc.

This book was not for me, quite literally. I think the target audience was American millenials, and I am neither. The plot was a bit thin as were the cardboard characters, but I wouldn't have minded that in a cosy mystery. The setting was okay, The romance was a boring cliche I mostly skipped over. Still, I would have been okay with it.
There were other things that really annoyed me.
First of all the totally irrelevant quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Second, the inner commentary of the main character, which gave me the impression the author thought the readers must be terribly stupid and they need an extra explanation of every action and thought. Third, everyone behaved as if they were characters in a mediocre family TV show. And finally, the most annoying thing which made it almost unreadable: the endless number of movie quotes, pop culture references and even mentions of hashtags and OMGs. This was not a novel, it was a tumblr post.

What a surprising & great mystery title! Main character Quinn was such a strong female character and I really enjoyed all the twists and turns we as the readers got to know all the characters in this one.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a review.

To Kill a Mocking Girl by Harper Kincaid is the 1st book in the Bookbinding mystery series, and it is off to a good start. Quinn Caine has returned to her home town of Vienna, Virginia to start her life over as a bookbinder. She's working in her family's bookshop Prose and & Scones. Quinn is settling in when her high school nemesis, Tricia, tells her she engaged to Quinn's former high school boyfriend, Scott. When Tricia turns up dead, Quinn is the prime suspect, and the sleuthing begins. With the help of Quinn's cousin, Sister Daria and dreamy Detective Aiden they set out to fine the real killer. I really enjoyed this book, it was an easy and quick read, and had fun characters. I highly recommend this book for cozy mystery lovers.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This is my favorite new series. This is a well-written and fast-paced light drama that immediately grabbed my attention, quickly becoming a page-turner as I could not put this book down. The tone was comfortable making it easy to follow along with what the author has intended. The mystery was nicely done, keeping me immersed in all that was happening. Quinn is an excellent character and her interactions with the various residents of Vienna, VA kept me intrigued because you knew that some of these people were suspects. It was fun sifting through the clues and when the killer hit a bit closer to home, the story’s pacing matched the urgency in figuring out which of these suspects was the guilty culprit. When I thought I had a handle of who was behind it all, the author changed direction and wow, nice touch. I also love the internal dialogue that Quinn had throughout the telling of this tale. Boasting a wonderful cast of characters from Quinn to Daria to Bash to RGB, with engaging dialogue and a small-town atmosphere, this was a fun book to read and I look forward to more adventures in this delightfully charming new series.

This is the least amount of stars I have ever given a book. For me there was such potential that was not realized. I felt as if Quinn was largely unlikable. Her 'left-leaning, Anglican-raised feminist' elitist preaching was beyond annoying. It was as if the author took a list of identity politic talking points and created a story from them. My favorite was "Quinn always thought it ironic when people cried that the sky was falling out of fear of immigrants sneaking over the border, to 'terrorize citizens,' when the most dangerous criminals were seemingly innocuous white guys right from the good ol' U.S. of A.." The author should talk to some of the victims of those 'seemingly innocuous' illegal alien criminals. The author referred to 'Northern cleverness." Apparently, I'm just not WOKE enough to appreciate the tone of the book. Maybe there is a market for this brand of cozy, but I am just too much of a deplorable to endure it.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

To Kill a Mocking Girl is a wonderful start to an exciting new cozy mystery series.

There's a lot on offer and a lot to enjoy: from cozy mystery staples such as the sexy detective, the adorable dog sidekick and a heroine returned to her small-town home after seeing the larger world, to some more unique elements including a BFF and sleuthing partner who's a novitiate nun, some unusual hobbies and a career in bookbinding.

I've read a lot of book-themed cozies -- authors, bookshop owners, librarians -- but a bookbinder was a new cozy career for me and one I enjoyed reading about. To Kill a Mocking Girl doesn't spend a huge amount of time on Quinn's career, but there's a good flavour of it. Enough to be interesting without being dry, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it works it's way into future books.

Because I will be reading future books in the Bookbinding Mystery series. I adored Quinn as a protagonist. She's just the right balance of snarky and charming. Quinn's story is supported by a really broad batch of other characters: Kincaid gives the feeling of a whole town existing in the background, not just the one or two closest to our heroine. The characters that are closest to Quinn, felt like fully fleshed out people in their own right, each with their own backstory and potential problems. I'd love to see more of Bash's redeveloping relationship or Daria's life as a nun being pulled in as the series continues.

I also really loved the way that books were worked in throughout the novel, in ways that felt believable to the characters: Quinn's upcycled book bags, back-and-forthing literary quotes with detective Aiden and the little quotations at the start of each chapter. It's a nice bit of detailing that made the whole story sort of come together.

To Kill a Mocking Girl is an enjoyable cozy with a wonderful ensemble cast, a loveable heroine and a tightly written mystery.

In times of stress, I turn to a soothing read for comfort and cozy mysteries are often the ones to do it. From the standard elements (single woman, usually with a big family or some very close friends who stumbles upon a dead body), to the PG romance, and the neat resolution that allow my mind to relax and just enjoy the story.
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I found to Kill A Mocking Girl as Read Now on Netgalley and thought Thank you Crooked Lane Books because this is exactly what I need right now! What I didn't expect and was very happy to find, was a very fresh and modern take on the genre. From the author quotes that lead each chapter, to the hobbies of the lead character Quinn( you had at mixed tapes), to her best friend and cousin becoming a Nun - but an extremely hip one, I found myself wrapped up in the happenings of Vienna, Virginia.
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The mystery was entertaining but what I really enjoyed was getting to know Quinn, her family and the community. And RBG, Quinn's dog, stole the show. And yes, RBG was named in honor of THAT RBG. Oh and the romance - a definite fun one that I look forward to seeing blossom.

Interesting setting for a cozy mystery. Having lived in the DC Metro area, I wouldn't have thought Vienna could feel like a small town. But the characters are endearing and tightly-knit. The main character is likable and her cousin, the nun, is a riot. The mystery was fairly easy to solve, at least getting the suspect list down to 2 or 3. I would have preferred more information about the book binding or action set in the book store. Overall, a solid start to a new cozy series.

This was a light quick, fun read. I enjoyed the writing style and all of the characters. I will most definitely pick up more books by this author. Read this book, it won't disappoint!