◊ A DARK
AND STORMY MURDER by Julia Buckley
◊ Series: A
Writer’s Apprentice Mystery (Book 1)
◊ Mass Market
Paperback: 304 pages
◊ Genre: Cozy
Murder Mystery
◊ Publisher:
Berkley (July 5, 2016)
◊ Language:
English
◊ ISBN-10: 0425282600
◊ ISBN-13:
978-0425282601
SYNOPSIS:
An
aspiring suspense novelist lands in the middle of a real crime, in the first in
a captivating new series by the author of the Undercover Dish Mysteries.
Lena London's literary dreams are coming true—as long as she can avoid any real-life villains...
Camilla Graham’s bestselling suspense novels inspired Lena London to become a writer, so when she lands a job as Camilla’s new assistant, she can’t believe her luck. Not only will she help her idol craft an enchanting new mystery, she’ll get to live rent-free in Camilla’s gorgeous Victorian home in the quaint town of Blue Lake, Indiana.
But Lena’s fortune soon changes for the worse. First, she lands in the center of small town gossip for befriending the local recluse. Then, she stumbles across one thing that a Camilla Graham novel is never without—a dead body, found on her new boss’s lakefront property.
Now Lena must take a page out of one of Camilla’s books to hunt down clues in a real crime that seems to be connected to the novelist’s mysterious estate—before the killer writes them both out of the story for good...
Author Julia Buckley addresses the dream of many readers and
some writers – to be the assistant to their favorite author. The plot is fresh
and intriguing with crafty new characters.
The small town setting will draw you in as the secondary
characters add depth to the story. With a mystery in a mystery, readers will be
pulled in as the story unfolds.
A DARK AND STORMY MURDER has a plausible cast of characters in
a setting you’d want to visit (minus the murder of course). The story moves at
a good pace with twists and turns to keep you guessing.
This is a fun start to a fascinating new series that promises
to keep us on our toes as fantasies of our dreams play out.
A Dark and Stormy Murder by Julia Buckley, A Writer’s Apprentice Mystery (Book #1), Berkley, @2016, ISBN: 978-0425282601, Mass Market Paperback, 304 Pages
FTC Full Disclosure – A copy
of this book was sent to me by the publisher in hopes I would review it.
However, receiving the complimentary copy did not influence my review. The
thoughts are completely my own and given honestly and freely.
Thanks to the wonderful folks at Penguin/Random House, I have
a print copy of A DARK AND STORMY MURDER
by Julia Buckley to giveaway. The giveaway is
open to residents of the U.S. only and will end at 12 a.m. (EST) on Thursday,
July 14.
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Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope I’ve enticed you to check
out this new series. If you could be an apprentice for any author, who would
you work for?
