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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Mar 13, 2023 rated it liked it
Shelves: mystery
What? What happens right away in this book with a lovely bookstore setting? No. It can't be. Someone commits suicide in this bookstore? Oh no! But, yes, that's what happened. And there are horrible, grisly murders to come...

I don't like scary stories. I will just be upfront about that. Murder of a child? With a hammer? And a suicide in a bookstore?

I would have never read this book on my own. But it was my book club's choice.

My rating is based on (1) my lack of love for the gory, (2) the awful
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Nancy H
Aug 16, 2017 rated it really liked it
An excellent mystery, this story has twists and turns and a lot of surprises, especially the ending. When Joey commits suicide in Lydia's bookstore, she tries to figure out why but never expects to find anything related to her own life. When she starts digging, she never expects the Pandora's box of things that are exposed. This is definitely a good read.
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Ginny
Mar 17, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Hazel
Sep 08, 2017 marked it as to-read
Keeley
Dec 06, 2017 marked it as to-read
Snowtulip
Dec 16, 2017 rated it really liked it
Mary Anne
Apr 25, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Marcia
Jan 13, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Ginny
Feb 25, 2025 rated it really liked it
Shelves: book-club-read
Suzanne
Apr 19, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Traci
Jun 02, 2021 marked it as check-these-out-further
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