I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of Buried in a Book from the author, in exchange for an honest review.

Former journalist Lila Wilkins is looking for work, when she applies to a job as intern at the A Novel Idea literary agency. Little does she know that she will land the job have an interesting first day of work, when she witnesses a murder! It's up to Lila to solve the crime, before the killer strikes again.

When I first heard about Buried in a Book I loved the idea of a mystery series set around a literary agency. It had my bookish heart aflutter, and needless to say I had high expectations for the first book in the series. I'm happy to report my expectations were not just met but exceeded.

Buried in a Book is an exciting pageturner, that had me reading faster and faster, as I tried to solve the murder before Lila. The ending left me gasping (no I didn't solve it before Lila did!) and craving more from this fabulous debut author.

The book is set in Inspiration Valley, a cute town with even cuter shop names - like the eatery called "Catcher in the Rye" where the sandwich artist doesn't call out your name but gives you a fiction literary character, and the garden shop called The Secret Garden.

With a cutesy town, fabulous twists and turns and a first class mystery, Buried in a Book is one of the best debut cozy mysteries I've read in a long time. I highly recommend it to fans of mysteries, and I will be eagerly awaiting the next instalment in the series.