Book Clubbed
(A Booktown Mystery)
8th in Series
Cozy Mystery
A Berkley Prime Mystery
The Berkley Publishing Group (July 1, 2014)
Published by The Penguin Group
Jacket Design by Diana Kolsky
Jacket Illustration BY Teresa Fasolino
Hardcover: 320 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0425252574
E-Book File Size: 2069 KB
ASIN: B00G3L13KQ
Cranky Chamber of Commerce receptionist Betsy Dittmeyer is done reading people the riot act. After she’s crushed by a fallen bookcase, the next item to be read is her last will and testament—which is packed with surprises. It soon comes to light that Betsy was hiding volumes of dark secrets behind that perpetual frown of hers—and one of them just might have been a motive for murder.
While Tricia tries to help Angelica—the newly elected Chamber of Commerce president and Betsy’s boss—solve the mystery, she discovers a hidden chapter in her own family history that rocks her to her very core. And with her ex-husband and the chief of police vying for her affections, it’s doubly hard to focus on who might have buried Betsy in a tomb of tomes.
But as Tricia and Angelica try to read between the lines, they need to watch their step…and make sure the killer doesn’t catch them between the stacks.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Hang on tight! This book gets off to a fast start and had this reader tuned in from page one.
Angelica is trying to start out on the right foot with the Chamber but Betsy Dittmeyer is not happy about it. Her point of view ceases to matter very quickly when her death has Angelica and sister Tricia trying to find out who helped bury Betsy under that pile of books. She wasn’t well liked so there ate quite a few suspects. It seems Betsy also has a few secrets that could have led to her demise.
Lorna Barrett does it again. My emotions were reeling with this story. I had tears in my eyes at one point.
Haven’t Got A Clue is a very special bookstore with very special employees. I love these characters. Pixie continues to shine and Mr. Everett is the perfect gentleman. Tricia is so lucky to have them by her side handling the ups and downs or not only the bookstore but Booktown as well. The are some changes coming to Booktown with Angelica leading the Chamber and Nigela Ricita Associates taking on a larger role in the properties in town there. Some other characters have some special announcements too that will be changing their lives.
Then of course there is Tricia’s love life or lack of a love life to add a little more to the story.
What I really enjoyed was that Tricia and Angelica continue to get closer as a family secret is revealed. It is time for these sisters to stick together and support each other.
The author has packed this pages with so much that I challenge anyone to put it down once you start reading. I truly hated for the story to end. I can’t wait to see what happens next!!
About Lorna Barrett
The immensely popular Booktown Mystery series is what put Lorraine Bartlett’s pen name Lorna Barrett on the New York Times Bestseller list, but it’s her talent — whether writing as Lorna, or L.L. Bartlett, or Lorraine Bartlett — that keeps her there. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries as well as the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series, and now the Tales of Telenia saga, and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s). Check out the links to all her works here: http://www.lorrainebartlett.com
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I must play catch up with this series as well. I’d just as soon start here. 🙂
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Love this series and cannot wait to add this book to the rest of them
I love this author’s books and own many of them already. I managed to snag a copy of Book Clubbed from the library to read over the weekend but would really rather win this giveaway and own it. LOL
Sounds like a good read.
This is one of my favorite series. When do you find time to read all these books?
Love books about books. The Booktown mysteries are great!!
This sounds like a really interesting book! =)
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I’ve started this series and have some catching up to do. This book sounds great. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love this series and can’t wait for this new one.
I love this series!
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This book sounds great. I keep entering contests for it. Eventually I hope I win. Thanks for the chance .
If you aren’t going to die in a nice peaceful death, dieing under a pile of books from a bookcase might just be the way to go!! Family secrets–don’t we all have a few?!?