VERSE and VENGEANCE book review

Verse and Vengeance 
(A Magical Bookshop Mystery #4)
by Amanda Flower


USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower turns the charm up to ten in her fourth Magical Bookshop mystery.

With the help of Walt Whitman's works, magical bookshop owner Violet Waverly puts her pedal to the metal to sleuth a bicycle-race murder that tests her mettle.

A bicycle race is not Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly's idea of a pleasant pastime. But police chief David Rainwater wheelie wants them to enter the Tour de Cascade as a couple, so she reluctantly consents.

The Tour de Cascade is the brainchild of Violet's Grandma Daisy. The race is a fundraiser to build the Cascade Springs Underground Railroad Museum. But not everyone in this Niagara Region village supports the race. As if the bike race weren't tiring enough, pesky private investigator Joel Redding is snooping around Charming Books. It takes all of Violet's and Grandma Daisy's ingenuity to keep Redding from discovering the shop's magical essence--which communicates with Violet through books.

When Redding perishes in an accident during the race, David discovers that the brake line of the private eye's bike was cut. Worse, Violet tops his list of suspects. As Emerson the tuxedo cat and resident crow Faulkner look on, Charming Books steers Violet to the works of Walt Whitman to solve the crime. But no other names ring a bell as culprits, and as David's investigation picks up speed, Violet will have to get in gear to clear her name.

MY BOOK REVIEW:
5 Stars: 5/5 Star Rating Scale
Well, this certainly did not help my insomnia because I had to stay awake to finish the entire book.  I simply couldn't stop until I had devoured every last morsel of this delightful book!   Revisiting Violet and Grandma Daisy was a real treat.  Charming Books holds many secrets and it's always fun to learn more.  Then there's always murder and the race to solve it and Violet simply must get involved, much to her officer boyfriend's distress.  
I highly recommend this book to readers and it would make a wonderful Christmas gift for those who love a good mystery!
I received a digital ARC of this book from netgalley and Crooked Lane Books in exchange for my honest review.  I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions expressed are my own.

Meet the Author:


Amanda Flower, a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning mystery author, started her writing career in elementary school when she read a story she wrote to her sixth grade class and had the class in stitches with her description of being stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel. She knew at that moment she'd found her calling of making people laugh with her words. Her debut mystery, Maid of Murder, was an Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel and her children's mysteries, Andi Unexpected and Andi Under Pressure, were an Agatha Award Nominees for Best Children's/YA Novel. Andi Unstoppable won the Agatha Award for Best Children's/YA Novel 2015. Amanda is a former librarian living in northeast Ohio. Visit her at www.amandaflower.com

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