Chapter and Curse -- Elizabeth Penney, Paperback

In Elizabeth Penney's Chapter and Curse, Molly Kimball is used to cracking open books . . . but when a poetry reading ends in murder she must use her skills to crack the case.

A MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD NOMINEE!

With its bucolic British setting, engaging heroine, and unsolved murder dating back decades, Elizabeth Penney has penned the perfect cozy.-Ellen Byron, USA Today Bestselling Author

Librarian Molly Kimball and her mother, Nina, need a change. So when a letter arrives from Nina's Aunt Violet in Cambridge, England requesting their help running the family bookshop, they jump at the chance.

Thomas Marlowe--Manuscripts and Folios, is one of the oldest bookshops in Cambridge, and--unfortunately--customers can tell. When Molly and Nina arrive, spring has come to Cambridge and the famed Cambridge Literary Festival is underway. Determined to bring much-needed revenue to the bookstore, Molly invites Aunt Violet's college classmate and famed poet Persephone Brightwell to hold a poetry reading in the shop. But the event ends in disaster when a guest is found dead--with Molly's great-aunt's knitting needle used as the murder weapon. While trying to clear Violet and keep the struggling shop afloat, Molly sifts through secrets past and present, untangling a web of blackmail, deceit, and murder.

Author: Elizabeth Penney
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 09/28/2021
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 6.93h x 4.72w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781250787705
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2021 pg. 27

About the Author
ELIZABETH PENNEY is the author of more than two dozen cozy mysteries, among other novels. Elizabeth spent her early years in England and France and now lives in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she pens novels and tries to grow things. Visit www.elizabethpenneyauthor.com to learn more.