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By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone (Murder, She Wrote #1)
By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone (Murder, She Wrote #1) | Stephanie Kuehn
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Small town murders. Big time thrills. A suspenseful, modern update of the classic mystery TV series that's perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, Sadie, and Gossip Girl. Killers walk among us. Statistically, at least one of them knows your name... Beatrice Fletcher is obsessed with unsolved murders in her small town of Cabot Cove, Maine like her great-aunt Jessica, the famous mystery writer. But when her best friend Jackson goes missing, this time the mystery is personal. Then Jackson fails to show up for a late night meet-up, and instead, Bea stumbles upon three students from the elite Broadmoor Academy: overly-friendly and slightly vicious Leisl, her aloof twin brother, Leif, and Carlos, who knows more about, well, everything than hes letting on. Theyre worldly, secretive, and big on playing games like tenace, the hush-hush Broadmoor tradition where anything or anyone can be a clue to future fame and fortune, and players will stop at nothing -- including murder -- to get ahead. If Bea wants to find Jackson, she too must join the game and play to win. Everyone in Cabot Cove has secrets, and its up to Bea to ferret them out before its too late in this thrilling modern update of the classic television show.
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LibrarianRyan
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3.5 ⭐ Murder she wrote is back in for a new generation. Jessica Fletcher is technically still around but not solving murderers anymore. However, her great niece is the new resident writer and mystery solver. Beatrice Fletcher lives in Maine in a town that is part residents and part elite boarding school. Beatrice spends her spare time writing for a true crime website all about local stories of the state of Maine.

LibrarianRyan When her best friend goes missing one night, she‘s sure something foul is a fight and it‘s up to her to figure out what it is. This was a nice fun, cozy mystery. In the vein of the original Murder She Wrote books and television show. For as light as this book is, it drags on in the beginning, and you‘re waiting to get into the mystery. This book, while about the mystery is much more about be the type of young woman she is and becoming and the life 12mo
LibrarianRyan around town. This was a fine mystery that‘s approachable for middle grade and up. It falls in the cozy as there is no blood guts, no horror, etc. it‘s not a bad companion to the original stories, but it‘s not the best mystery for the age group that‘s out there. I have a hard time determining if I care to read the sequel. Not every mystery is solved in book one, there is a mystery that will arch into book 2. But one mystery is satisfactorily 12mo
LibrarianRyan resolved. If you have kids who want to break into reading mysteries and may not be ready for more adult titles like Karen McManis, E. Lockhart, Tiffany Jaxon, etc. then this is the series you start with. 12mo
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Librarybelle
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I had hoped to like this one more than I did. The ending did not answer all of my questions, and though it is a set up for the next installment, it just felt so flat to me. I like the take on a YA version of Murder, She Wrote, featuring a high school student who is related to the Jessica Fletcher. It does make me want to read more books featuring Jessica Fletcher to get my OG fix! 😂

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BookBr
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A blast of a book, with entertaining characters, an twisty little mystery, and just enough nostalgia to make it enjoyable. The author‘s portrayal of a teen with severe anxiety really hit home, as the mom of a similar teen. I thought it was particularly sensitively handled and well done. A short read, just right for a short trip!

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BookBr
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Liberated from an airport bookshop because I just couldn‘t resist…wonder if the 3 hours I have left on layover is enough to finish it😂
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BookBr P.S. I did not finish on my layover, but burned through on my second flight! 2y
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