Murder Off the Books
Tamara Berry

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June 5, 2023

By the Book Mysteries #3
Poisoned Pen Press
June 2023
On Sale: May 30, 2023
336 pages
ISBN: 1728248663
EAN: 9781728248660
Kindle: B0B78695GJ
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Book Lover

Entertaining all the way until the thrilling conclusion...

Tamara Berry writes a complex, intriguing mystery ..

2023 Edgar Award Nominee, Lilian Jackson Braun Prize for Buried in a Good Book

Author Tess Harrow is looking to get back in the town of Winthrop's good graces after she uncovered not one, but two long-forgotten murders. With the perfect plan of combining her new book release with her bookstore's grand opening she'll have the chance to wine and dine the locals and some big press contacts.

But the night before the party, Tess is greeted by a surprise: her mother has come for a visit, with her much-younger new boyfriend in tow…a boyfriend her daughter Gertrude recognizes as the notorious Levi Parker, a man recently connected to the deaths of three elderly widows.

Tess immediately alerts Sheriff Boyd about Levi and his suspicious past, but it's already too late—Levi Parker is found dead and Tess's mother is starting to look like the prime suspect. Bernadette swears she didn't murder Levi, and Tess is doing her best to maintain her mother's innocence, but too many coincidences keep stacking up. With the whole town seemingly against her family, it's up to Tess to get to the bottom of the story before it's too late.