A Tourist's Guide to Murder
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4.2 • 10 Ratings
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Publisher Description
While visiting the land of Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes, bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Samantha Washington finds herself on a tragical mystery tour . . .
Sam joins Nana Jo and her Shady Acres Retirement Village friends Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae on a weeklong trip to London, England, to experience the Peabody Mystery Lovers Tour. The chance to see the sights and walk the streets that inspired Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle is a dream come true for Sam—and a perfect way to celebrate her new publishing contract as a mystery author.
But between visits to Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel district and 221B Baker Street, Major Horace Peabody is found dead, supposedly of natural causes. Despite his employer’s unfortunate demise, the tour guide insists on keeping calm and carrying on—until another tourist on their trip also dies under mysterious circumstances. Now it’s up to Sam and the Shady Acres ladies to mix and mingle among their fellow mystery lovers, find a motive, and turn up a murderer . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Burns's lighthearted sixth Mystery Bookshop installment (after 2020's Bookmarked for Murder) takes Samantha "Sam" Washington, the owner of a mystery bookshop in North Harbor, Mich., who's about to publish her first cozy novel; her grandmother, Nona Jo; and Nona Jo's friends from the Shady Acres Retirement Village to England for a mystery lovers' tour. When the body of the tour company owner is found in their hotel the morning after their arrival, his death is hastily declared to be from natural causes. Their guide insists that the tour must go on, and soon the ladies are knocking back martinis, feasting on pub grub, and visiting Baker Street. Then a fellow tourist is murdered, and an obtuse Scotland Yard inspector casts suspicion on Sam and the Michigan retirees. Meanwhile, Sam works on her next book, and clues and motives pertaining to the real-life murder case are soon integrated into her fictional one, giving the reader two mysteries to solve. Colorful characters and just enough mystery trivia boost the fast-moving plot. Cozy fans are sure to have fun.
Customer Reviews
I loved it!
Number six in the series does not disappoint, and is my favourite in the series!
The main character is also a writer, so there is a bonus in that there are two mysteries to solve within the book. This is not a distraction from the main story, but a compliment.
The regular cast of characters are so endearing and I love to read about them! I really enjoy the relationship between Sam and Nana Jo. As well, I enjoy Nana Jo’s friends, who are written as smart, full of life and entertaining.
This latest offering takes the main characters to England, and what a treat it is!
The mysteries are well written and kept me guessing!
I look forward to reading the next in the series.
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.