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Title details for Last Word to the Wise by Ann Claire - Available

Last Word to the Wise

A Christie Bookshop Mystery

by Ann Claire
Morgan Dalla Betta
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Christie sisters and their bookshop cat, Agatha, flirt with coldhearted crime when bookish matchmaking turns into a date with death.
Sisters Ellie and Meg Christie share a love of books, reading, and their new roles as co-caretakers of the Book Chalet, their family’s historic bookshop tucked midway up a scenic Colorado mountain. But romance? That’s another story. Ellie and Meg joke that they’re in sisterly competition for worst relationships. So when their cousin signs them up for her newest business endeavor—matchmaking based on bookish tastes—the sisters approach their blind double dates with foot-dragging dread.
While Ellie’s date meets her low expectations, Meg’s match, a book-loving romantic straight out of classic literature, charms her over a lovely dinner. The next morning, Meg is giddy with anticipation of a second date—until she’s stood up without a word. She fumes that she should have known better. However, her date had a good reason for ghosting her: He’s dead. Murdered, the police later confirm.
As the last known person to see the victim alive, Meg becomes a prime suspect in his death. She grimly quips that at least her dating record can’t get any worse. But it does. A thorn from Meg’s romantic past returns to their little town of Last Word, espousing motives too sweet to believe.
To sleuth out the truth, the sisters must sift through secrets deeper than the February snowfall. Clues accumulate, but so do suspects, crimes, and betrayals. Ellie and Meg can’t afford to leave any page unturned. Romance may not be their forte, but hearts and lives are on the line, and the Christies know how to solve a mystery—especially when murder is involved.

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    October 3, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9780593614365
      • File size: 298865 KB
      • Duration: 10:22:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 30, 2023
      Claire’s appealing second mystery featuring sisters Ellie and Meg Christie (after 2022’s Dead and Gondola) sees them enter the dating pool, with deadly results. Ellie and Meg co-own and operate the Book Chalet, a bookstore tucked away in the mountain village of Last Word, Colo., that specializes in mysteries—particularly those by their idol, Agatha Christie. When the sisters’ cousin, Lorna, starts a dating service for bookish people, she talks Ellie and Meg into signing up as guinea pigs. Ellie’s date is a disaster, but Meg is immediately smitten with her match, the charming Joe Darcy. They make a date for the next day, but Joe stands Meg up, and a concerned Lorna heads to his ski house to find out why. Joe, it turns out, has a good excuse—he’s lying dead at the bottom of a ravine below his balcony. Bolstered by their familiarity with mystery tropes, Ellie and Meg set out to crack the case. Claire throws plenty of clever red herrings into the mix, but the murderer’s motive is wildly unbelievable. Still, quirky characters and toasty fireside atmosphere make this a no-brainer for cozy lovers.

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