Read and Buried
Read and Buried by Erika Chase is a cozy mystery published by Penguin on December 4, 2012. This first edition spans 304 pages and is written in English. The story revolves around the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straw Society, who are excited to host an award-winning novelist for their inaugural guest author event. However, the festivities take a dark turn when the novelist is found murdered in Lizzie Turner’s home, leading to a complex investigation that intertwines personal relationships and hidden truths.
In this engaging narrative, Lizzie and her fellow book club members must navigate the challenges of amateur sleuthing while dealing with the fallout of the murder. As suspicion falls on Lizzie’s friend, they uncover that the victim, Derek Alton, was not the person he appeared to be. The plot thickens as they confront secrets tied to Derek’s final manuscript, all while Lizzie faces opposition from her boyfriend, the local police chief. This book delves into themes of mystery and detection, offering readers a glimpse into the dynamics of friendship and the pursuit of truth amidst chaos.
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Hosting an award-winning novelist is quite a Christmas coup for the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straw Society. But when he’s murdered in Lizzie Turner’s house, she’s got a holiday homicide on her hands …
For their very first guest author event, most of the book club members can’t wait to pull out all the stops in Southern hospitality. But for Lizzie, Derek Alton is nothing but trouble—from his massive ego to his smarmy moves. When he’s found murdered in her living room, it seems someone decided that this womanizing writer would be better off dead than read.
After suspicion falls on Lizzie’s friend, she and her fellow book club members discover that Derek wasn’t who he pretended to be. Cracking this case means going up against Lizzie’s boyfriend, police chief Mark Dreyfus, and unearthing a novel’s worth of nasty secrets. And as they get closer to uncovering Derek’s scandalous final manuscript, someone hiding in plain sight is out to write finis to Lizzie’s sleuthing for good…
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