Best Book I've read In A Longtime

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	• Murder Is Binding Lorna Barrett Berkley, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Fun new series

Here's a fun new series for booklovers of all genres. It takes place in mythical Stoneham, NH, and any reader would love to visit a town filled with bookstores like this one. Enjoyable characters with great interaction. I'm looking forward to the next one!

Fun New Series

This shapes up to be a fun new series. The mystery bookstore owner is a fun sleuth along with her very different sister. The idea of a mystery owner as a sleuth is similar to that of Carolyn Hart's Death on Demand series and those who enjoy that SC series will also enjoy this NH series.

The concept of a bookstore town is fun to consider and offers lots of potential for this series.

The mystery was fairly easy to spot, but hopefully the mysteries will improve as the series continues. With the first one done, and the sleuth done being the main suspect, we should expect some braching out in the future.

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Loved it!

I happened upon this book at a bookstore--and I loved it! Great characters (Trisha, Angelica, Mr. Everett), easy to read, good story! I will DEFINITELY buy the next one in the series when it is published!

Glad I gave it a chance

I am skeptical of mysteries that look as though they have been created around a "gimmick" more than actual character or plot, such as a wedding planner mystery, a coffee shop mystery, a landscaper mystery or whatever the author can come up with that hasn't been done yet (I think I've even seen a closet organizer mystery!!!). The gimmick tends to drive the boat instead of what should matter, like the story and characters that are more than thin stereotypes. "Murder is Binding", a mystery bookshop mystery, fortunately has more to recommend to it than the mystery bookshop setting. The book didn't get off to the best start with me however. The first few pages made the main character, Tricia, full of negative thoughts about every person she encountered, especially her sister. I knew I wouldn't enjoy an entire book of that! Thankfully, it wasn't as bad throughout the rest of the book and what there was, made sense as far as the story goes. I think the story is well-plotted and the characters are nicely written. I didn't find the writing itself to be a distraction at any time, and that's pretty much all I ask of a paperback mystery's grammar and punctuation. I'll look forward to the next in the series.

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Best Book I've read In A Longtime

This book has everything. Great setting, great characters, well engineered plot...you name it, this book has it all. This is the first book in the series which often times isn't anything more than laying the ground work for a potentially good series. Well if the debut book is THIS good, what do we have in store with future books in the series?
If you've been waiting for a fresh new cozy mystery series you can sink your teeth into then your wait it over. I highly recommend this book in case you couldn't tell.

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