Murder Marks the Page is a cozy read about a group of people who end up being impacted by a murder that takes place in their small town. I enjoyed all of the aspects of the books that participated in creating the coziness of the story. I thought the friendships, the discussions about adoption, the saving of the bookshop and the setting of the small town were well done and made this a great fall read. However, I was disappointed when it came to the investigation aspect of the story. From the description, I expected the main character to be more involved in the investigation and for it to be a bigger part of the story. Murder Marks the Page was my introduction to Karen Rose Smith and it definitely made me want to pick up a few of her romances. I would recommend this book to someone looking for a light and cozy read.

Thank you to Kensington Books for providing me with an ARC!

Jazzi is all grown up and has opened a tea and bookshop of her own with her best friend. When an acquaintance is murdered, Jazzi finds herself channel her Mother, Daisy, and puts on her sleuthing cap to find a killer.

I love that this series picks up after Jazzi left Pennsylvania for college and we don’t have to wonder what happened to her down the road. A great start to this new series, but then again, Jazzi was so well developed in the previous series that it was just a matter of aging her and letting her come her own person. LOVE IT!

I was excited to see a spin-off from the Daisy Tea Garden Mysteries.

Murder Marks The Page did NOT disappoint.

In this book, Daisy's daughter Jazzi, opens her own book and tea shop. Everything is going well until she befriends Brie. She's recently made contact with her biological father. The problem is the fact that his wife and children see her as a threat.

So, when Brie is found murdered, Jazz gets involved to find out who killed her. Great storyline and fantastic characters. A winner!

Murder Marks the Page is a spin off of the Daisy Teagarden Series and the first in the brand new series by Karen Rose Smith. It feature's Daisy's daughter Jazzi, now 25 years old, a graduate from college and now living in Belltower Landing, New York, a resort town.

Jazzi , and her friend from college, Dawn Fernsby, co-own a book and tea shop, Tomes and Tea. At one of the book club meetings they hold, Delaney, one of the attendees of the meeting, asks Jazzi if she would talk to a friend of hers concerning adoption and looking for their birth parents. Jazzi agreed to speak with Brie, the friend of Delaney. When Brie is later found dead, Jazzi gets involved and turns over anything pertaining to the murder to the detective. Will she be able to find the killer before she becomes victim number 2?

I absolutely loved this book. I loved the characters and the mystery. I really loved the setting and if it were a real town I'd want to live there. It is a great cozy mystery that we have come to know from Karen Rose Smith. I recommend this book to anyone liking cozies.

A great new series follows Jazzi who owns her own tea shop. She has a knack for sleuthing. This book kept me entertained and I loved all the supporting characters. Gripping storyline and a great whodunit.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

#MurderMarksthePage #NetGalley is the first in a new series, featuring Jazzi Swanson, daughter of beloved tea shop character, Daisy Swanson.
Jazzi is living in New York State, in Belltower Landing, a small resort town.
Jazzi and her best friend Dawn, own Tomes and Teas, a combination bookstore and tea shop.
Dawn's parents aren't thrilled with her investment in the bookshop, and if Jazzi wants her partner to stay, she needs to improve her marketing skills.
Having some special visitors to the shop helps, but when a murder victim is found, it hit close to home, and Jazzi realizes she has her own set of sleuthing skills.

This is a neat start to a new series, I like Jazzi and having her in her own atmosphere was quite fun. She's an intelligent young woman who wants to experience life, and I'm so happy that we get to see a new side of her.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.
I'm looking forward to recommending it to other readers.