A Killer Plot
A Jane Hepburn Mystery
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Aug 11, 2026
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
In the follow-up to A Novel Murder, mystery author Jane Hepburn is back and determined to keep her sleuthing skills in the pages of her novels. That is, until she’s invited to a prestigious literary party in London—where the gathering of glamorous attendees may be hiding a killer.
Jane Hepburn has almost made it. After solving the murder of her literary agent at last season’s crime-book festival, Jane receives a burst of internet fame that lands her an invite to a splashy book launch in London. Visiting beloved bookstores along the winding alleyway of Cecil Court, and brushing shoulders with famous writers and the editors and agents who made them stars, Jane is looking forward to a fun, murder-free weekend and a distraction from her own writer's block. The party might not be for her novel, but still, Jane’s happy to celebrate her far more successful friend with free wine and plenty of books.
However, things take a turn for the worse when the hotshot editor is nowhere to be seen. And they really go south after Jane discovers a body in the bookshop cellar.
To ensure that another event isn’t overshadowed by an unsolved murder, Jane and her two friends—debut novelist and star of the party Natasha Martez and clumsy publicity assistant Daniel Thurston—must put their sleuthing skills to the test. But nothing is as it seems at a party full of attendees with secrets they'd do anything to keep.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nevin's entertaining sequel to A Novel Murder finds mystery writer Jane Hepburn heading to London for her friend Natasha Martez's book launch at a prestigious bookshop. Though Jane is the author of eight novels featuring PI Sandra Baker, she can't afford to leave her day job in insurance, so she hopes to use Natasha's event as a networking opportunity—despite not knowing how to "network," per se. Shortly after Jane arrives, however, she finds a dead woman in the bookshop's basement. She teams up with Natasha and Daniel Thurston, a publicity assistant from Natasha's publisher, to investigate, in hopes they can move faster than the police and stem the scandalous social media buzz swirling around Natasha. As they launch a parallel inquiry to that of Metropolitan Police DI Hawberry, the amateur sleuths parse a wide array of schemes, motives, and suspects, some of whom have ruthless literary ambitions of their own. Nevin fully develops even minor characters and peppers the action with witty dialogue, resulting in an entertaining cozy that doubles as a sharp satire of the publishing industry. This series has legs.
