I loved the first book in the series and have been looking forward to this one. It's a bit different with it's complex mystery, well written characters and setting that just draws you in. I enjoyed this one as much as the first.

I enjoy reading cozy mysteries to relax and unwind. I particularly enjoy reading cozy mysteries in the autumn. I was very pleased with my most recent choice of books, “The Whispered Word.” The Secret Bone and Scone Society are a group of fiction-loving bibliophiles in Miracle Springs, NC. Nora happily runs Miracle Books and her friend Hester owns the local bakery. When they discover a frail girl with bruises and a medical I.D. bracelet stowed amongst the shelves in Miracle Books, the group quickly come to the girl’s aid. When a customer is found dead the group begin to wonder if the secretive girl has something to do with the tragedy.  When another body is found they become determined to get to the bottom of the alarming and unfortunate events before someone becomes the next victim. This is a talented author. I hope there will be many more books in this series!

The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams was another complex mystery that was also an emotional journey for the reader into a new character's shattered life.
 
Ms. Adams' descriptive writing welcomed me back into Nora's beautiful world of Miracle Springs, North Carolina. Nora's bookshop is such a blessing for me as I walk into the store and want to stay forever surrounded by the books and Nora's penetrating but loving embrace.

With a mystery surrounding the young woman who has walked into the store, new insights for Nora into her own life, and a mystery that includes two murders and a tightly woven plot, I couldn't put the book down until the conclusion. I do enjoy Nora's friends who also had some new issues to deal with during the story. This book was rich with emotions - humor, grief, anger and love. Ms. Adams has penned another winner in The Whispered Word.

I enjoyed this second book in the series and am hoping there will be more in the series. You get invested in the characters and I just hope Ellery does not end this series like she did her last.

Nora and the rest of the Secret, Book and Scone society decide that a too thin girl with bruises and a hospital ID bracelet browsing the shelves of Miracle Books, need their help. The ladies take the girl, Abilene, into their welcoming embrace, offering food, support, a job and a place to stay, but so far Abilene is holding her secrets close to her vest. Still. Nora has to insist on knowing more about Abilene after a customer is killed and it’s unclear whether Abilene was the perpetrator, or the next victim.