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A Bitter Pill

The Bookshop Mysteries, Book 1

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A Bitter Pill

Yazan: S.A. Reeves
Seslendiren: Emily Mount
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When a book signing turns deadly, two bookshop owners turn detectives.

Gemma loves the quiet life of her bookshop, the Bookworm—a haven for book lovers in a quaint town in the heart of Derbyshire. But everything changes when Gemma discovers the body of local author Dominic Westley during the shop’s latest book signing event.

When the police rule the death as an accidental overdose, Dominic’s estranged widow points the finger at one of his past lovers. Gemma and her trusty assistant, Mavis, won’t rest until they uncover the truth. Was it an accidental overdose or something more sinister?

Fans of cozy mysteries will delight in The Bookshop Mysteries - A Bitter Pill, a charming and suspenseful story that will keep you guessing until the very end. If you enjoyed books like The Thursday Murder Club or The Missing Maid, then this is the perfect book for you to curl up with.

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Story was very twee and one of the main characters Mavis was like an aged character from a victorian novel.
I skip read to the end and found the murder was committed by who I had assumed it was early in the book.

Predictable

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There are so many ‘cosy murder mysteries’ on the shelves at the moment, buyers are spoilt for choice. Disappointingly this is not one I’ll recommend although I liked the bookshop angle. The writing was very cliched, descriptions unoriginal and every time I heard ‘my dear’ I wanted to throw my phone against the wall. Poor Mavis, just because she’s a pensioner doesn’t mean she has to be saddled with that affectation. I guessed the murderer very early on which was also frustrating. Not helped by the reader’s saccharine voice and flat intonation.

Ok plot but annoying narrator

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This book had a decent enough plot despite the murderer's identity and motive being almost immediately obvious. However, the writing was abysmal. Not a hint of an attempt to build atmosphere, create drama or tension and certainly no care taken over developing the characters. The "sleuthing" was just talking to strangers and those strangers being oddly willing to divulge their personal lives to these two random nosy women. All the clues and evidence just fell neatly into their laps at the right moment with no cunning from the two amateurs whatsoever. Also if I had to read the words "steaming cup" or endure another description of someone cradling a hot mug to warm their hands I may have screamed. The characters were dull and under-developed and I was sick of being told the reason for everything. Just tell me she smiled. I don't need constant run-on sentences explaining in excruciating detail why she smiled. Context alone is enough for me to figure that one out. The ending was dreadful and it just dragged on and on tying up loose ends that really didn't matter. I like a good murder mystery but this new genre of "cosy mystery" seems to just be women typing out their bookshop cafe fantasies despite having no discernable writing talent and then calling themselves novelists. Just stick to Wattpad.

All tell, no show

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all very good. many twists and turns...author kept us guessing. looking forward to the next read in this series!

such a cosy listen!

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I liked the story and the book shop setting, which is lovely. I loved the details about life running an independent book shops with a cafe, sounds idyllic. I found some of the writing a little cliched though, not sure there were enough clues in the story to enable readers to guess the outcome. Will read more in the series because I am getting interested in the characters and I really like the setting.

Nice story based in a beautiful part of the country near to where I’m from

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