A Victim at Valentine’s by Ellie Alexander

 

Title: A Victim at Valentine’s

Author:  Ellie Alexander

Narrated by:  Ellen Quay

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Length: Approximately 6 hours and 25 minutes

Source: Review Copy from NetGalley.  Thank you!

How did you celebrate Valentine’s Day?  Did you have a cozy night in or go out on the town?  Or not celebrate at all?  My husband and I went out for dinner.

Annie Murray is celebrating Valentine’s Day at the Secret Bookshop by putting together a matchmaking event.  Annie’s friend Scarlett was murdered in the past and she is still trying to put together the clues to solve her death.  When someone else is murdered at the bookstore, Annie helps investigate who the killer could be in their small town.  Will they find the killer before they strike again?

My thoughts on this novel:

·       This was a perfect cozy read for Valentine’s Day.  I loved how there was a slight romance with Annie and Liam and the event that was put together for the holiday. The murder was tied in with the holiday as well.

·       This is the fifth book in the A Secret Bookcase Mystery series.  I read it as a standalone, but I feel like it would have been even better if I had read the first books in the series.

·       I enjoyed that the bookstore was an Agatha Christie themed bookstore.

·       There were many red herrings in the mystery which made it fun as Annie put together the pieces to find the killer.

·       Ellen Quay was a great narrator, and this was an enjoyable audiobook.

Overall, A Victim at Valentine’s Day by Ellie Alexander was a perfect cozy mystery for the holiday.