By Lorna BarrettTricia Miles, owner of Haven't Got A Clue bookstore, invites local author Zoe Carter for a book signing. Unfortunately, Zoe is murdered in the store's restroom, and there are plenty of suspects that detested the author. The sheriff shuts down the bookstore just to spite Tricia, so she feels obligated to narrow the suspects and save her store.
I should have enjoyed this book... I love bookstores and mysteries. Too bad I don't love whiny, bipolar characters. Tricia is always losing her appetite, forgetting to eat, and hates sweets... sounds like borderline anorexia. Her sister, who happens to own a cookbook store next door, is either trying to pick a fight or carping about how she wishes she was a size 8 like Tricia. (If I have to stop eating to be thinner, it ain't gonna happen.) Tricia's reporter-boyfriend is no better, since he uses their "dates" to pump Tricia for exclusive information, then gets defensive when she's upset and leaves. This whine-fest got old quickly.
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