While still nursing a broken heart, Addie Greyborne remains tucked away in the British moors working at the Second Chance Books and Bindery in West Yorkshire. Her dear friend, Tony, is soon to be married and has found a rough and battered early edition of Wuthering Heights, which he meticulously re-binds to give to his future bride. All is well until the local lord claims that the book is the one which was stolen from his library years before. Meanwhile, while Addie is out for a stroll on the moors with her Yorkipoo, Pippi, the two encounter a young woman's body which appears to have fallen to its death. It just happens to be an unknown "guest" who had been seen at the Tony and his beloved's engagement party. Can Addie again save the day and remove the specter of "murderess" from over Tony's fiancé's head and free her from the local jail?

This tenth book in the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery series is charming and well written. Author Lauren Elliott, has deftly crafted a whodunit with twists, turns and many a red herring. The dark and brooding moors create an air of anticipated nefarious doings. It is good to see Addie maturing from the earlier books in the series. However, this reader still finds her willful yet indecisive and dangling the emotions of friends at the end of a stick. The supporting cast remains charming and I loved their interaction with one another as well as their grace with Addie. I look forward to reading other stories by this author and of a maturing Addie within this series.

I am grateful to Kensington Publishing for having provided a free e-copy of this book through NetGalley. Their generosity, however, did not influence this review - the words of which are mine alone.

Publisher:‎ Kensington
Publication Date: May 21, 2024
No. of pages:‎ 320 pages
ISBN:‎ 978-1496735157 ( )

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Not an unbiased review because I love the friends on both sides of the Atlantic in this series and really enjoy their working together to solve whatever murders come their way. The investigations of both the current murder and the cold case turn up facts that connect and seem to indicate one murderer for both. And yet, it seems as if this series is about to come to an end as the characters move on in spite of themselves. Still a very good read.
I requested and received a free temporary EARC from Kensington Books/Kensington Cozies via NetGalley. Thank you!
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