This book turned out to be surprisingly good! I found it a very enjoyable and creative mystery. The premise of a
teacher being murdered, leaving coded lesson plans behind sounded very interesting and I was not wrong. We need this kind of 'touch of creativity' in mystery/thrillers. I also loved the twists, the characters and the suspense build.
It was a very solid mystery read and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Definitely recommended.

This could have been a very entertaining cozy or a good thriller. Unfortunately it doesn't fit in any of these categories and sometimes it doesn't deliver.
As I'm a fan of cozIes I'd have really appreciated it was lighter.
There's potential but it'd better to have clearer view of what type of book one has in mind.
Unfortunately it was not my cup of tea.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC

Lesson Plan for Murder is a page turner mystery told from the point of view of a snarky, wise-cracking English teacher. One of Liz Hopewell's colleagues accuses her of stealing an expensive desk chair then promptly turns up dead. The police believe that the death is a suicide, but Liz knows the woman would never kill herself without leaving behind a well written note--they're English teachers after all.

These events send Liz on a quest to solve Marcia Deaver's murder in a cozy that's filled with deftly skewed depictions of all the usual denizens of a modern American high school: teachers, administrators, nurses, secretaries, students, custodians, parents, and even the librarian. Liz's takes on colleagues and the bureaucracy that is high school are apt and dead on and add to the fun of watching her as she unravels a good whodunit that doesn't give much away until the end of the book.

As a high school librarian and a former English teacher, I found myself identifying with and rooting for Liz. Like all cozy heroines, she takes some stupid chances from time to time and puts herself and her family in the murderer's crosshairs. But, if you're willing to go along for this free-wheeling ride, Lesson Plan for Murder is a smart, entertaining read. I'm hooked and will be looking for book two in the author Lori Robbins' Master Class Mysteries.

Full Disclosure--Net Gallery and the publisher provided me with a digital ARC of this book. This is my honest review.

What an interesting premise for a mystery. A teacher is murdered, leaving coded lesson plans behind. There are twists and turns as infidelity and blackmail are exposed. Soon the murderer attempts to strike again with poison. Will our main character Liz be the next victim? This is neither a cozy mystery nor a suspense. It falls somewhere in between. I do wish the characters had been more relatable, but perhaps that is because I am a big cozy mystery fan.

Not bad for a girl book (sic). Nice flow and never boring. Maybe too much babble for my taste, but it is amusing. The characters are interesting and the plot is very good. Enjoyable!