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A Limited Edition Murder

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This book continued the series nicely. Since the previous book, I had forgotten some details and was surprised with the book being set in England.

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So I just dived into this not doing any research so I didn't know that Abbey is in all 10 books of the series. The good thing is, this could totally have stood on its own. I had no trouble following along. The bad news is, I really wanted more with her and a potential interest at the end of the book. I guess that guarantees I will be reading the next book so I can find out what happens there. Overall, I really enjoyed this cozy mystery and I will read more from this author. It was a great find!

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Addie makes a temporary move to England after the shocking news she received as she was about to be married. She's working at the Second Chance Books and Bindery shop in West Yorkshire. She had planned to return home to the States after a year, but she keeps putting her return off for various reasons. She’s made new friends and loves the work she’s doing. She loves her friends back home, too, and knows they need and want her back. She also has her own bookshop, Beyond the Page Books, that she needs to consider. What’s a girl to do?

As if being torn between two places isn’t enough, she’s stumbled upon a dead body, there’s a special edition of Wuthering Heights and an old one-of-a-kind necklace that have come up missing, her friend Tony’s fiancé is a murder suspect, and research shows that this crime might be related to a crime committed many years ago. Can Addie and her sleuthing skills help solve both crimes?

Lauren is a new-to-me author and I’m coming in on book 10 so I’m not totally familiar with all the characters, stories, etc., but I enjoyed this book enough that I plan to start at the beginning of the series to catch up.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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This had everything that I wanted from this series about a bookstore mystery series. The concept worked well together and I enjoyed getting from beginning to end. The characters were everything that I was looking for and enjoyed about the genre. Lauren Elliott wrote this perfectly and was glad I got to read this.

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This was such a great cozy mystery. I loved that there were 2 mysteries, one of which was a cold case. I have read this series out of order, but haven’t felt lost. Looking forward to more in the series.

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"A Limited Edition Murder" is book 10 in Lauren Elliott's Beyond the Page Bookstore series. This series is cozy mystery at its finest. Great read.

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I felt meh about this series the last two books and this new addition has done nothing to change my feelings about it. Addie and her friends are definitely codependent. There were a few characters that were good additions to the story, and who helped fill out more of Addie's familial background, but many seemed to not really move the plot forward all that much.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for a review, but all opinions are my own.

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In general, I really like this series of cozies, but this book just didn't hit for me. So much of the charm of any cozy series is the location and cast of side characters. This book wasn't set in Greyborne Harbor and had very few of the characters we've come to know and love. The setting in small town England sounds like something I'd love, but everything and everyone felt somewhat of a caricature of England/ English-ness. The new characters also weren't particularly well-defined, so I had a hard time keeping track of who was who (the manor staff, the gentry, the locals, etc.). The mystery was interesting but also seemed a bit chaotic involving both a missing book and a missing necklace-- just the necklace would have been enough, but because Addie deals in books, that had to be involved, which made it feel shoehorned in.

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Love this series.
This time we Addie visiting England and while out walking find a body of a young woman.
Good story,characters,drama,twists,suspense, mystery.
Enjoyed reading.
Voluntarily reviewed.

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A Limited Edition Murder is the 10th book in the amazing Beyond The Page Bookstore Mystery series. The characters are what make this such an amazing cozy mystery series! You should read the books in order to best enjoy this series but definitely read book 9 Dedication To Murder before reading this one if possible. Addie Greyborne's world fell apart in book 9. I wasn't sure what to expect with this book but it is really good (I shouldn't have been surprised because I love this series). Addie went to visit her friend Tony in England to get away for a couple of weeks and ended up staying for a year. She loves England but misses her bookstore and friends in Greyborne Harbor. Addie knows things and people have changed back home. That adds to the story and Addie is trying to decide what she wants to do. She works for a bookstore specializing in rare books and she has made lots of friends. Addie finds a woman dead and her friend is the prime suspect. A rare book and a necklace are involved in the mystery. Her friends from home Sabrina and Paige come for a quick visit and help Addie do some sleuthing. I missed the regulars but the new characters are likable and easy to get to know. There is a new Detective Inspector Noah Parker in town and he and Addie don't hit it off but there is chemistry between them. DI Parker has some secrets in his past that are only touched on. Hmmm. Addie continues to grow as a person and the character is well developed. The book has a good pace and although I suspected the culprit I wasn't sure until the finale. The end is tied up for the most part but there is definitely a couple of ways the series can go. It will be a long wait until the next book! This was truly an enjoyable cozy mystery and I loved every mjnute! #ALimitedEditionMurder #BeyondThePageBookstoreMystery #Kensington

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After a series of events that have turned her life upside down, “A Limited Edition Murder”, the tenth book in Lauren Elliott’s Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery series, finds Addie Greyborne in West Yorkshire, England, far away from her bookstore and friends in Massachusetts. She is slowly adjusting to life there, making new friends, and celebrating the engagement of her friend Tony, when someone is murdered at Tony’s engagement party and the police thing Tony’s fiancé is the killer. Addie sets out to find the real killer but she needs to act fast since she is soon heading back to Massachusetts.

This was a very nicely done mystery. While it can be read as a standalone mystery, I highly recommends reading the other books in the series (in order) to fully understand what has gone on in Addie’s life to bring her to England and make her the person she has become. I loved the descriptions of her life in England, the friends that she has made there, and the fact that even after a year she is struggling with some of the differences between living there and in the United States. As always, there is a focus on books which fits in nicely with the mystery. The mystery is well plotted, quite complex, with plenty of twists and turns that will keep readers guessing. I really enjoyed this book, was sorry when it was over, and am already looking forward to the next book in the series.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley.

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This series keeps you guessing. And it keeps me interested! The setting for A Limited Edition Murder was unexpected and appealing.

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Don’t we wish we could all escape our lives when we have a big life change? Addie runs off to England after a break-up. In real life (unless you’re independently wealthy) we have to put our big girl panties on and deal with it. Like a lot of British mysteries there was quite the cast of characters. I have to admit I kept mixing up a couple of the characters. The mystery in this book was quite interesting once I started keeping the names straight. I’m not a fan of the potential new love interest for Addie. I miss the old Addie. I want her back in America. And I don’t mind if she’s single. I know publishers will think differently but I quite enjoy reading about happy, single, successful woman.

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I enjoyed the tie-in. Which is prompting me to go back to earlier books. I also liked the setting and the characters. The mystery kept me guessing. I hope for many more.

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

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Addie Greyborne is still in England and still trying to get over things that happen back in the states. Her friend Tony is having an engagement party for his fiance Hailey. All goes well until the next morning when Addie is walking Pippi and Pippi discovers a dead body. But just not any dead body but that of a woman whom Addie accidentally spilled champagne on the night before. . One thing Addie noticed about the woman was an elegant necklace she was wearing which happen to be missing from the victim. It's the same necklace Tony had given to Hailey a while back . However Hailey list the necklace and why the victim even has it was a good question. When Tony and Hailey are taken in for questioning and later Hailey is accused of doing the crime Addie knows she needs to step in and clear her friends fiance. Trouble is the more she digs the deeper things get and she soon learns that very necklace may have a link to a murder 20 yrs before. Could they be connected? But if so who would kill to get that necklace? Addie steps on some toes especially those of DI Noah Parker but shes determined to clear Haileys name and then head back to the states . Can she do it without becoming the next victim? And without being tossed in the clink by the DI himself. Non stop action from the very beginning.

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This is one of my favorite series. Book 9 was my favorite in the series. It had left me wanting more. I have to say I was a little hesitant of the new setting. There was so much that happened in the last book, and I was ready to see how Addie and the rest of Greyborne Harbor moved on. I have come to realize that I love Addie’s character and it does not matter where she is. I will read any journey of Addie’s and will follow her wherever. This book introduced us to a whole new set of characters. I was glad to see that we still got a dose of Serena. Everyone needs a friend like Serena to keep them in check. I love how the murder mystery started out like any other. Who killed the victim? It turned into a history lesson. There were different layers along with pieces of the past being brought back. I cannot wait for the next book.

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Addie is in England living in a cottage on the grounds of her friend Tony's family estate and working for Mr Pressman's Second Chance Books and Bindery. Tony holds a big engagement party with his fiancee Hailey. The lord of the manor claims a special edition of Wuthering Heights he gave to Hailey was stolen from the manor library 20 years before. And then, a young woman shows up at the party with an heirloom necklace which was given away to a woman who had died 20 years before. The next morning when Addie finds this young woman during a walk in the woods, she calls Tony to call the police for her. When they get there, Addie finds that she is a suspect. The British police were not quite as anxious to have her help as those in the US.

However, they soon learned that she was helpful. Serina and Paige show up to help, but they have to return home before all is know as Serena's husband has fallen when working on a tree house. There is a nice ending to the story.

I thank Netgalley and Kensington Books for the ARC so I could read the book before publication. This is a very good addition to the series.

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"Dedication to Murder” the 10th instalment in the Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery series by Lauren Elliott. While in England, a first edition of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights leads bookstore owner Addie Greyborne to a murder on the moors . . .

I loved this latest instalment in the series! Addie has been living and working at Second Chance Books and Bindery in West Yorkshire. I do suggest you try to read from the beginning as there are lots of characters and back stories you will want to know plus it’s a great mystery series.

The mystery was interesting and well plotted, I did suspect who the killer was halfway through, but this was an amazing puzzle to figure out alongside Addie and her new friends, along with a few old ones.

Plus the ending oh my goodness! I’m anxiously awaiting to find out what happens next for Addie as she has some pretty big decisions to make going forward.

I recommend this book to all my cozy lover friends.

I can’t wait to read book 11!

I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Kensington Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Addie ran away from Greybourne when her wedding was ruined, she found out her aunt was really her grandmother and a number of other lies about her life. She finds herself in England, working for a bookbinder and actually healing nicely from her traumas. She has made several new friends and has postponed returning home several times, to Serena's dismay. Just as she is finally thinking of going home, a young girl is murdered at a friends party, and his girlfriend is accused of doing it. Naturally, Addie takes it upon herself to solve the crime before she can leave. She meets a detective who she thinks of as arrogant and unlikeable, then realizes that she must be healing if she can take any interest in a man after what has happened in her life. On her last night in England, she learns that he really likes her...we are left wondering if she will return to the states or postpone things once again. Thanks, Kensington and NetGalley for the chance to read this book.

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I follow Lauren Elliott’s mysteries because they are the epitome of cozy mysteries. A Limited Edition Murder is 10th book in the A Beyond the Page Bookstore Mysteries.

This new mystery takes place in England, where Addie has fled to England in order to soothe her heartbreak, which happened in the last book.

It was a delightful and quick read, and the location was extraordinary, as it evoked so much of Agatha Christie’s mysteries. All the quaintness and quirkiness of English small village life are depicted in a fun and colorful way. We meet new characters, and learn to suspect most of them, but in the end, you’ll never guess whodunnit! Two murders are investigated…are they related? You’ll find out at the end.

When you finish reading, you will be left with a question: Will Addie stay in England, or finally go back home? More fun to come in the next mystery!

Thank you most sincerely to Lauren Elliott, to Kensington Cozies and to Net Galley for allowing me to read and advance copy and leave a personal review!

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