Rating: 2/5
Genre: Murder mystery,
Tangential Interests: books, esp. first editions, old or out of print books, re-binding books
Part of a Series? YES (The Bibliophile Mysteries)
Review
I love the idea of a book about books. Inception! I also love the setting of this book, a millionaire's mansion with changing passageways and trap doors! A Nancy Drew for adult readers. Unfortunately, other aspects of the book were also Nancy Drew-esque. Case in point: the main character's boyfriend who shows up at just the right time at the end of the book to save the day (Really? Do women still need men to come in and hog tie the bad guy?) Additionally, the boyfriend drama throughout the book (Is he cheating on me? Why haven't I heard from him? Is he ok? Maybe I like this other guy who's really hot.) comes across as somewhat juvenile as well. Then there is the event, quite disconnected from the story line, of a baby who randomly shows up in the middle of the story and is given to the care of a lesbian couple.
This book didn't make the cut, but now I'm curious to find out how "One Book In the Grave" did make the cut and end up on the NYT best seller list. Maybe I'll have to read it and find out!
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