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The Author's Guide to Murder
The Author's Guide to Murder: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
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"A pure delight from start to finish! Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart. --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The New Couple in 5B Agatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by New York Times bestselling team of novelists: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White. Theres been a sensational murder at historic Castle Kinloch, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland. Literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley has been found deadunder bizarre circumstancesin the castle towers book-lined study. Years ago, Presley purchased the castle as a showpiece for his brand and to lure paying guests with a taste for writerly glamour. Now it seems, the castle has done him inor, possibly, one of the castles guests has. Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh, a local with no love for literary Americans, finds himself with the unenviable task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists. The prime suspects are Kat de Noir, a slinky erotica writer; Cassie Pringle, a Southern mom of six juggling multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott, a New England blue blood and author of critically acclaimed historical fiction. The women claim to be best friends writing a book together, but the authors stories about how they know Brett Saffron Presley dont quite line up, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious. Why did the authors really come to Castle Kinloch? And what really happened the night of the great Kinloch ceilidh, when Brett Saffron Presley skipped the folk dancing for a rendezvous with death? A crafty locked-room mystery, a pointed satire about the literary world, and a tale of unexpected friendship and romancethis novel has it all, as only three bestselling authors can tell it!
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Amie
The Author's Guide to Murder: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
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I really liked this. I liked the humor and satire, but also the more serious parts. The epilogue was unnecessary, but otherwise it was good!

tpixie This book reads more like when the 3 authors banter together when they are all together! ( Compared to their other collaborations). 5d
Amie @tpixie yes it's very different than their other collabs. It seemed like they probably had a lot of fun writing it 4d
tpixie @Amie yes I agree. I bet they really enjoyed riding this one. 4d
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Amie
The Author's Guide to Murder: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
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Two cats and a book 😺

dabbe 2 cats + 1 book = #heavenonearth 🖤🐾🖤 1w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🖤 🐾 1w
tpixie I love black cats! 🐈‍⬛ 5d
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marleed
The Author's Guide to Murder: A Novel | Beatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
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This was a cozy murder mystery with 3 IRL writers collaborating about 3 novelists (each with expertise in their respective genres) ostensibly traveling to Scotland to collab on an old murder. Ostensibly being key here. Fun but way too long. I felt I knew each of the characters quickly and the authors spent too many words convincing me what was already clear. I just expected more from this collaboration so a so-so to almost slow pick

Aims42 I was so bummed that my expectations for this book were not met, it sounded like such a great premise 😞 I had to bail on it 🚀 3mo
marleed I was too. Honestly, if it were other authors I might give it a so-so, but I just expected a better and sharper story from this group of women so I was disappointed the whole time reading. 3mo
ShyBookOwl I'm currently reading it with my mom, and I'd bail if sge wasn't enjoying it so much. I wish I could get into it, but the story feels so convoluted and slow. My mind keeps checking out mid-chapter 😅 3w
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