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Murder in the Reading Room

Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet Mysteries, Book 6

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Murder in the Reading Room

By: Anita Davison
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Don't miss the gripping, twisty final novel in Anita Davison's Golden Age cozy mystery series, featuring Miss Merrill and Aunt Violet!

Aunt Violet and her niece Hannah have a bookshop to run. But after a customer comes in asking for a rare book, Hannah takes a visit to the reading room of the British Library – a glorious domed building in the middle of the British Museum courtyard – to find out more.

Hannah has barely finished making her request when a man at one of the hundreds of desks slumps over his work. Within moments, it becomes clear he is dead, stabbed in broad daylight, in the middle of the reading room surrounded by oblivious academics.

The reading room is an exclusive space where no one can enter or leave without detection. Yet the initial investigation yields no weapon, no witnesses, and no apparent motive.

But then Aunt Violet discovers the victim had been researching the unearthing of a lost piece of Italian sculpture. And Hannah – despite her new husband's firm insistence that she let the police do their job – finds herself unable to resist the temptation of investigating just one more murder.

A totally gripping cozy crime novel, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Helena Dixon and Verity Bright.

©2026 Anita Davison (P)2026 Boldwood Books
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