Murder in the Dark

One of my favorite settings .... a quaint little bookshop. My favorite season ... winter.

Tilly loves her job working at a small bookshop .. it seems perfect for her. It allows her to save money so she can go to school .. her co-workers are pleasant ... her boss is a nice man to work for.

But this morning when Tilly goes to work, she finds her boss hanging from the ceiling with a rope around his neck.

DCI Barrett and DI Palmer are called to investigate. The first assumption was suicide, but the detectives and medical examiner put paid to that idea. This was a murder, plain and simple. Well .. maybe not so simple.

When other murders occur in the same fashion, Barrett and Palmer look diligently for some kind of connection among the victims.

Who would want these people dead ... and why?

This is a police procedural wrapped in a cozy mystery with likeable characters and a story premise that keeps the reader turning pages leading to an unexpected ending.

Murder in the Dark is the follow-up to Murder at the Book Club, though can equally be read as a stand-alone.

Many thanks to the author / Bloodhound Books / Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of MURDER IN THE DARK. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

Although this was the first book in this series that I had read, that in no way lessened my enjoyment of this fine novel. Betsy Reavley is a very good writer, and both characters and setting are beautifully portrayed; indeed, the wonderful city of Cambridge is almost an extra character in itself. The series of crimes described here is intriguing and tantalising, and the story keeps one involved right to the very end. Splendid stuff!

What an opening this book has! Wooooweeee! This book is bound to draw you in. Now I must admit I haven’t got round to reading Murder in the Book Club yet but this reads perfectly fine as a standalone with only a few references to the previous book. Don’t worry I will be going back to read it at some point, I promise.

I throughally enjoyed reading this one. Not your average murder, killing story. Different. Unique. Watch out the book community you’re not safe either. A fast paced, page turner of a read. Brilliantly written. A story you don’t want to put down. I could easily have read this in one sitting if life didn’t get in the way.

I did feel sorry for Tilly having to deal with what she saw, that would be hard for anyone. Highly recommend! A brilliant brilliant. A well deserved four stars.