Sometimes I think Amy Muir just needs to give up her day job and join the police force. No matter what else is going on, she will always be there when a dead body turns up. This time it is a writer who specializes in turning cold cases into novels. The author points the finger at Kurt, the godfather of Amy's children, then turns up dead. Of course the rumor mill links Kurt to her death, speculating that he wanted to silence her before she could turn up details linking him to an unsolved death in Taylorsford years ago. But Kurt wasn't the only one who was unhappy with author Maureen Dryden. The wife of the local sheriff had a confrontation with her, the podcast team she had been working with aren't pleased with how she was treating them, her assistant is acting a bit odd, and if someone in Taylorsford is responsible for that cold case they certainly don't want Dryden to expose the truth.
As usual in this series, Amy does some sleuthing. Part of her research is at the request of Sheriff Tucker, digging into the town archives stored at the library to find any relevant facts about the cold case Dryden was basing her next book on. But Amy never leaves it at that, so she also questions those who worked with Dryden, as well as various town residents about their memories of the past crime. Despite receiving threatening notes telling her to drop her investigation, she continues on with her search for the facts. In the meantime her husband Richard's dance troupe is having its debut performance at the local arts festival, Amy's parents have come to town for the show and to spend time with the grandkids, and Amy still needs to run the library. I don't know where she would find the energy if she were doing all this IRL rather than in a cozy mystery.
For fans of the Blue Ridge Library Mysteries, this ninth installment contains all the usual characters we have come to expect. It also mixes in the world of true crime podcasts and novels, as well as the small town festival scene. I received an advance copy for review purposes from the publisher through NetGalley. The book hit store shelves on July 8 - so grab a copy now!
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