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The second in a charming new cozy series from Elizabeth Penney, set in an English bookshop and following Molly Kimball, who has a habit of bookmarking trouble . . .

Lately, Molly has been feeling that she might have fallen into a fairy tale: she's reinvigorated the family bookshop Thomas Marlowe—Manuscripts and Folios, made friends in her new home of Cambridge, England, and is even developing a bit of a romance with Kieran—a bike shop owner with a somewhat intimidating family pedigree.

Having recently discovered The Strawberry Girls, a classic children's tale, Molly is thrilled to learn the author, Iona York, lives nearby. But while visiting the famous author at her lovely cottage in nearby Hazelhurst, an old acquaintance of Iona's tumbles off her roof to his death.

Then, when one of Iona's daughters—an inspiration for the original Strawberry Girls—goes missing, Molly begins to worry this story might be more Brothers Grimm than happily-ever-after. Especially after Molly learns about the mysterious long-ago death of Iona's husband and coauthor of The Strawberry Girls . . . could past and present crimes be linked? Molly must put the clues together before someone turns this sweet tale sour.

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I should have stopped after the first book, the lack of research into England just spoils the listen. How hard would it have been for the author to find out that in the UK, we use miles not kilometres for speed and distances when driving. Also, the heroines English aunt wouldn’t call her mobile phone a cellphone.
Such a shame, as the characters are likeable and the stories are good.

Lack of research

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Read the first book and whilst the storyline was good, I did struggle with the writers twee perception of England. However it’s the narrators voice, intonation and accent which have made me stop reading. Sounds more like AI than human. Such a shame.

Awful narration

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