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The Fatal Folio

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by Elizabeth Penney
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In the third in Elizabeth Penney's delightful Cambridge Bookshop series, The Fatal Folio, Molly Kimball is learning that every killer has a story...
After moving to Cambridge, England, Molly Kimball has found a lot to love, including—of course—her family's ancestral bookshop, Thomas Marlowe—Manuscripts and Folios. And though she's not quite ready to use the "L" word when it comes to her boyfriend Kieran, she's definitely fallen for his intimidating family's library.
His family is paying her handsomely for an updated catalog when Molly discovers the original manuscript of a Gothic novel, A Fatal Folio by the pseudonymous Selwyn Scott. Kieran's cousin Oliver, a professor specializing in Gothic literature, is eager to publish a paper on the mystery—especially because a troublesome student, Thad, is threatening to file a complaint against him and prevent his long-awaited promotion.
On Guy Fawkes Night, Molly, Kieran, and her friends set out to enjoy the costumes, fireworks, and fun—at least until a stray firework starts a panic, and the group stumbles upon a prone body, their face covered by a mask. It's Thad, and he's been stabbed to death.
It soon becomes clear Oliver isn't the only one with a motive, and Molly must once again put on a few masks of her own to sleuth out Thad's killer, prove Oliver's innocence, and discover what Selwyn's novel might have to do with this most atmospheric mystery...

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Cambridge Bookshop Series

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 24, 2023

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781250787750

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      • ISBN: 9781250787750
      • File size: 2579 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      September 15, 2023
      A librarian's move to England is a refreshing change, except for the murders. Molly Kimball and her mother have answered her great-aunt's call for help with her family's Cambridge bookshop, Thomas Marlowe-Manuscripts and Folios, and Molly has developed a romantic relationship with Kieran Scott, bike shop owner and member of an aristocratic family. Kieran's mother, Lady Asha, is paying Molly to catalogue the library at Hazelhurst House, with a bonus side job investigating the authorship of The Fatal Folio, a gothic novel published under the byline Selwyn Scott. Since the family has no Selwyn on record, Molly is commissioned to ferret out the real author, who might be a Scott ancestor hiding behind a pseudonym. Kieran's cousin, Oliver, a professor at Cambridge University's St. Aelred College, would be more than happy to connect the modern gothic he's writing with publicity on The Fatal Folio. On Guy Fawkes Night, Molly, Kieran, and their friends Daisy and Tim are set to meet Oliver at the Master's Lodge Gate when they find a young man bleeding to death, stabbed with a knife stolen from St. Aelred. Thad Devine was one of Oliver's postgraduate students, and his complaint that he had been graded unfairly could have stymied Oliver's promotion to full professor. That puts Kieran's cousin high on the list of suspects, but after meeting some of Thad's friends, Molly realizes he was not universally beloved. The friendship she forged with the investigating officer in earlier cases gives Molly an edge in this one, as stolen books, campus politics, and her surprising discovery of another Selwyn Scott manuscript make solving the murder difficult and dangerous. Plenty of suspects combined with interesting background on gothic novels enliven this Cambridge Bookshop mystery.

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