

Near the end of the signing, there’s a commotion, of course, started by Belinda. It seems she’s come back to make sure everyone knows just how rich, successful, and famous she is. Belinda, the author, used to live in town, too. It’s hard enough to be around Nathan but almost impossible to tolerate his parents. Now she’s supplying the books for a signing party at the Morton family vineyards. His snooty family caused her no end of grief as a teenager. Violet has a history with Nathan who is now the town’s mayor. It’s a hard secret to keep, but it’s worked so far. There are books everywhere, but readers don’t have to find the one they want.

Inside the bookstore, you’ll find Emerson the cat and Faulkner, a crow. Its health and longevity can be attributed to the magical waters from a nearby spring. Logic says the tree shouldn’t still be alive, much less thriving, but there it is. The women of the family have been caretakers of a particular tree for generations. Now Violet is involved in running Charming Books with Grandma Daisy. Violet Waverly got a message that her Grandmother was dying, hurry home. Murders and Metaphors: A Magical Bookshop Mystery by Amanda Flower There is also a link to purchase it Amazon, and an indie bookstore where a portion of the sale goes to help support KRL. Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win a copy of Murders and Metaphors.

As more and more unanswered questions pile up, Andi and Colin must decide who they can trust with their secrets and who is interested in Andora’s story for the wrong reasons.This week we have a review of the latest Magical Bookshop Mystery by Amanda Flower, and a fun guest post by Amanda about her series. Despite the meddling of the citizens of Killdeer, Andi and her new friend, Colin Carter, are determined to find out who this first Andora was, how she vanished, and why no one in town wants to talk about her. Exploring the attic in her grief, she discovers proof of another Andora Boggs in the family tree hidden in a trunk from the 1930s. And while the timeworn house has been home to the Boggs family for generations, Andi doesn’t feel at home at all. After the sudden death of their parents in the jungles of Central America, twelve-year-old science geek Andora ‘Andi’ Boggs and her diva teenager of a sister, Bethany, move to rural Killdeer, Ohio to live with their eccentric twenty-something aunt. India Hayes, a college librarian and reluctant bridesmaid, is thrown into the role of amateur detective as she tracks down the person who murdered her childhood friend and framed her brother for the murder.Īndi Unexpected by Amanda Flower is the first Andi Boggs novel. If You Like Amanda Flower Books, You’ll Love…Īmanda Flower Synopses: Maid of Murder is the first book in Amanda Flower’s India Hayes series.
