I found this to be a fun read, and since it is the first in the series, I look forward to more. The author kept me guessing as to who the killer was and as to the motive. Although I am a little concerned about how many people had bad feelings toward the MC.

Thank to the the publisher and NetGalley for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Set in Vienna VA a traveler returns home where the past collides with the present mixing with bookbinding, murder and mystery. Agreeing with other readers, I hope this does become a series.

Quinn Victoria Caine is back in her hometown of Vienna, Virginia and her family.
Having travelled around the world, Quinn think that she can handle most things - but she is proven wrong when she finds her high-school rival Tricia dead. She had been murdered. Not only that but Tricia has just become engaged to Quinn's former boyfriend and was planning the wedding in Vienna.
As one of the main suspects in this small community, Quinn has to rally support from her friends, family and Anglican nuns in the hunt for the real killer,before handsome cop Aiden arrests her..
But someone is determined to keep their identity secret and Quinn and her dog find themselves in great danger before the killer is caught .
This enjoyable and community based mystery has a Christian theme which will appeal to many readers.

More more more! I completely and utterly want more of this series!!! I hope its a series, I don't mean to be presumptious but - it should be a series!!!

Quin returns home to Vienna Va after years abroad teaching and she can tell that nothing much has changed. Well, a few things have changed. Her best friend, cousin and former hell raiser has become a nun. Her brothers best friend and Quin's teenage crush has become even more handsome and a police detective to boot and her 'dated for like five minutes' ex is getting married to the resident mean girl. Smooth sailing right? But when said mean girl turns up dead in the park, Quin's left to wonder if her home town is anything like it used to be!

I'm sure there are people out there who consider cosy mysteries a sort of B grade fiction and not really worth their time but I challenge people who feel like that to read this book. The character development is well thought out, the story is paced nicely, the dialogue is snappy and you end up with geniune flutters for the romances scattered throughout! I love the way that an entire town can be brought to life so well and that you're left definitely wanting more of these people.

An absolute first rate novel and I'm keen to keep reading about Quin, Aiden, Bash and Daria. Oh and don't forget RBG!

Description
Quinn Victoria Caine is back in her hometown of Vienna, Virginia. Her parents have a charming bookshop, and that's where she's made her new life as a book binder, and she has the best trusty sidekick, German shepherd RBG--'Ruff Barker' Ginsburg. All is well in the world of QVC, that is, until she finds her old high school nemesis Tricia Pemberley dead on the road. As it turns out, her ex Scott Hauser had recently become engaged to Tricia, who had seemed particularly concerned about Quinn's re-emergence in Scott's life. Quinn and Scott have no hard feelings, and have hardly communicated since she's been back in town. Most folks in town believe in her innocence, but of course that doesn't influence the police, who peg her as their prime suspect. Or, at least until she's poisoned. But there is no way Quinn is going to stop now. Vienna is her town and-for better or worse-Tricia was one of their own. Someone may have killed the mocking girl, but no one's going to stop the notorious QVC.

MY REVIEW:
WOW, To Kill a Mocking Girl by Harper Kincaid is truly a cozy mystery that is worth reading. I love the beginning of the book where the author dedicates this book to the town of Vienna Virginia. So, when world traveler Quinn returns to her hometown of Vienna Virginia in the Springtime you know she is home.

But, of course not everything comes up roses as Quinn becomes the suspect in the murder of her nemesis. Oh did I tell you Tricia was engaged with Quinn's ex? The book is fun, interesting and one of those novels you want to read over and over again.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. Well, I definitely recommend this book to anyone that wants to read a really good cozy novel. And definitely make sure you read the book to the very end, love books that include a little extra surprise, yummy.

To Kill a Mocking Girl by Harper Kincaid 4 stars

This the first book in "Bookbinding Mystery" by Harper Kincaid. I have never read Ms. Kincaid before and found this book to be enjoyable.
The story takes place in Vienna, Virginia and the main character is Quinn Victoria Caine. She has just come back from working overseas as an English teacher and finds that her old home town has changed. It has become a new bedroom community for the wealthy. Quinn works as a bookbinder in her parents bookstore and volunteers at the local dog rescue housed in the nearby nunnery. At the nunnery, we also meet Sister Daria, otherwise known as Quinn's cousin. While delivering dog food to the nunnery, local mean girl Tricia flaunts her engagement with Quinn ex-boyfriend Scott. In the middle of the night, Quinn's dog RBG is disturbed and they go out and stumbles on the body of Tricia. Enter, Detective Aiden Harrington, Quinn's brother best friend and Quinn's former crush. After questioning, Quinn is now on the list as a suspects. Aiden is firmly in change and throughout the story repeatedly tells Quinn to let the police handle the case. I enjoyed the conversations between Quinn and Aiden. Who killed Tricia and why is the mystery. Other suspects pop up and a deliberate poisoning of RBG is a harrowing incident. As a first book in a series, the book has to set the scene and give background on the characters. I liked the book a great deal and look forward to reading the next one in the series.

Thank you Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC>

Quinn Caine has returned to her hometown of Vienna, VA and is setting down her roots and getting involved in her community again. When her German Shepard, Ruff Barker Ginsburg (RBG), wakes her up one night with a sense of something outside, Quinn and RBG wind up finding the body of a woman Quinn grew up with dumped in a nearby park.

While Quinn was never close with the woman, she had grown up with her and she wants justice for the dead woman. With no love lost between the victim and many of the locals, there are a slew of suspects and red herrings to keep you off track until the final reveal.

I read A LOT of cozies and I generally can tell what I’ll like by the description, so yes, I have a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews for these books. But this book? I wish I could give it a ten! This is one of the longer cozies I have read and it was still too short! I cannot wait for more in this series! Seriously. cannot. wait!