A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert

A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

After leaving a horrid relationship Amy Webber moved in with her aunt in a quiet small town in Virginia. Taking a job as a librarian in the small town Amy always has her share of run in’s with the quirky town residents but what she never expected was to find one of them dead in the archives.

Richard Muir is new to town after moving into the farmhouse he’d inherited from his great uncle. Richard’s family home comes with a bit of town folklore though being that it’s rumored that the original owner was poisoned by his wife. Wanting to look into the matter Richard headed to the local library but instead of family history he finds himself in the middle of a current crime. Richard and Amy end up working together to see if they can solve the murders in their town.

A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert is the first book in the cozy Blue Ridge Library Mysteries series. This first book is one that has the characters trying to solve more than one mystery so I would have expected to be completely caught up in this story but unfortunately that wasn’t the case.

I never really could put my finger on any one thing within that didn’t grab me as much as I would like with this book but it didn’t pop out and grab me either. I think I just didn’t connect with these characters as much as I would like to and it was also a tad slow for my taste. The writing was good and normally with more going on I’d rate higher but in the end this one was just average to me.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.