The Librarian Always Rings Twice by Marty Wingate
My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
My Review on Goodreads
Hayley Burke is the curator of the Golden Age Mystery Books Collection at Middlebank House established in honor of its benefactor Lady Georgiana Fowling. Just when she’s finding her feet after her first year in the position, she is caught in a struggle between two potential heirs to Lady Fowling’s estate, the obnoxious nephew Charles Henry Dill, and John Aubrey, a newcomer with a mysterious connection to Lady Fowling. If that’s not enough, a murder takes place, and one of the two men is a considered lead suspect. Can Hayley employ her amateur sleuthing skills to help the police solve the murder, and keep the peace at the Golden Age
I spent the first part of the book not in love with the story and wondering where it was going. While books that have the plot centered around books are seriously my jam, I wasn’t connecting to the storyline or the characters beyond a minor level, although the more I read, the more interested I got. But honestly, I never ascended to a level beyond mild interest. I will say that I liked the conclusion a lot, and I feel that the mystery was well plotted. The characters were well-developed and each seemed to have a place in the story.
I have never read Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier, but I appreciated how integral it was to the storyline. I also like the theme about how books can be so powerful to get people through tough times and often provide a way for their readers to relate to themselves and connect to others through the stories they read.
If I pick up other books in the series, it would be because of the book theme. I have become quite a big fan of mysteries, so that was the biggest draw to the book for me.
ARC provided by Penguin Random House via Netgalley for Review.
I spent the first part of the book not in love with the story and wondering where it was going. While books that have the plot centered around books are seriously my jam, I wasn’t connecting to the storyline or the characters beyond a minor level, although the more I read, the more interested I got. But honestly, I never ascended to a level beyond mild interest. I will say that I liked the conclusion a lot, and I feel that the mystery was well plotted. The characters were well-developed and each seemed to have a place in the story.
I have never read Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier, but I appreciated how integral it was to the storyline. I also like the theme about how books can be so powerful to get people through tough times and often provide a way for their readers to relate to themselves and connect to others through the stories they read.
If I pick up other books in the series, it would be because of the book theme. I have become quite a big fan of mysteries, so that was the biggest draw to the book for me.
ARC provided by Penguin Random House via Netgalley for Review.
