This book was sent to me on Kindle by Netgalley for review…it is a quick fun read about some of my favorite subjects…academia…books and bookstore…Poe…love the characters…especially the protagonist…I have enjoyed all of the books written by this author…appropriate writing for any audience is a plus…don’t miss this quirky story…

Emma Starrs is hosting a literary themed party for an old friend. When her friend’s husband is murdered at the event, Emma and her Aunt Nora are at the top of the suspect list. While Emma was trying to save her family’s bookstore with the Poe themed event, she wasn’t certainly planning to tell her family their business is nevermore. Now she has to not only work on saving the family business, she has to try and find a murderer before she and her aunt pay the price for someone else’s evil deeds.

Emma, Lucy and Nora are great characters and make this an enjoyable read along with the solid mystery full of twist and turns and red herrings to keep you guessing. This is definitely a series I’ll be keeping an eye on as I want to see what life has in store for the ladies.

I really enjoyed How to Book a Murder. Emma, her sister, Lucy owners of the Starlit Book Store as well as their aunt, Nora were wonderful main characters.. The supporting characters made the story even more interesting. The story evolved around a mystery dinner party at the home of Tabitha Louise Saxton which Emma was asked to step in and help with. During the party, Emma found the body of Tabitha's husband, Tip in a lounge chair on the patio. The story took off with many factors contributing to the twists and turns to the surprise ending. I am looking forward to the next in this series and to see if a romance develops between Emma and Jake and the continuing romance between Lucy and Ryan..

Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC.