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Chapter and Curse

Cambridge Bookshop Series, Book 1

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Chapter and Curse

By: Elizabeth Penney
Narrated by: Henrietta Meire
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In Elizabeth Penney's Chapter and Curse, Molly Kimball is used to cracking open books...but when a poetry reading ends in murder, she must use her skills to crack the case.

Librarian Molly Kimball and her mother, Nina, need a change. So when a letter arrives from Nina's Aunt Violet in Cambridge, England, requesting their help running the family bookshop, they jump at the chance.

Thomas Marlowe - Manuscripts and Folios, is one of the oldest bookshops in Cambridge, and - unfortunately - customers can tell. When Molly and Nina arrive, spring has come to Cambridge and the famed Cambridge Literary Festival is underway. Determined to bring much-needed revenue to the bookstore, Molly invites Aunt Violet's college classmate and famed poet Persephone Brightwell to hold a poetry reading in the shop. But the event ends in disaster when a guest is found dead - with Molly's great-aunt's knitting needle used as the murder weapon. While trying to clear Violet and keep the struggling shop afloat, Molly sifts through secrets past and present, untangling a web of blackmail, deceit, and murder.

©2021 Elizabeth Penney (P)2021 Tantor Cosy Mystery Crime Murder Fiction Suspense
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Enjoyed the story line easy to listen looking forward to the next in the series .

A couple of twists and turns

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I can’t wait to get the next book in the series. I really enjoyed the story and the characters. I love Puck.

I loved this! So cosy, yet clever!

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This is a great cosy mystery that keeps you guessing until the end. The narration is spot on. A very enjoyable book and Idefinatly recommend it.

Enjoyable Story

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This was great. I adored this story from the moment I started listening. It captured me and made me laugh so much and sad at some places. Highly recommend a read! It’s seriously such a great book, well written and well read.

Loved this from start to finish

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I liked the descriptions of Cambridge, enjoyed the convoluted plot. Some characters seemed so pointless and superfluous they just made the story less believable. Why bother to put an ex spy in there? Why make the love interest a Lord’s son?

Not a magic story despite the title. More of a detective thriller

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Story is underwhelming and a bit cliched, but does have a nice setting. Narrator is good.

Underwhelming

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