A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn


A Killer Romance

by Maggie Blackburn narrated by Christa Lewis


This is the 3rd book in the Beach Reads series.  It is the first book that I have listened to in the series.  

Summer Merriweather inherited not only a house, but a book shop from her deceased mom.  Once a professor of Shakespearean literature, she has now uprooted her life to run Beach Reads on a small island in North Carolina.  Against her better judgement, Summer hosts Lana Livingstone for the Valentine's Day event "Romance by The Sea".  Summer feels that Lana's latest book does not fully understand Romeo and Juliet.  And talking to Lana, she quickly realizes that Lana has the misunderstanding that "Romeo and Juliet" is a romance and not a tragedy.  

It soon becomes apparent that Lana is a suspect in her husband's murder.  And when she is found dead at the local B&B, the Beach Read employees are under suspicion.  

There were a few things in the story that did bother me a little bit.  I was able to look past them though.  Once such item was that a detective from Pittsburgh came to North Carolina to investigate Lana.  I can understand that he might come to question her about her husband's death, but then to stay for the investigation into her own death is a little beyond comprehension.  That is outside of his jurisdiction.  And since none of the employees would have known her husband, it would have no effect on his own case.  Wouldn't he have to get back to the case he was working on?  

I loved the worked that the narrator did on the voices.  She did especially a great job on Mr. Darcy (the parrot).  

Overall, I did enjoy the book even though there were a few details that bothered me.  

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with a free copy of the audiobook in exchange for an open and honest review.

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