Mind Over Murder: A Raven's Nest Bookstore Mystery (Raven's Nest Bookstore Mysteries, #1)

by Allison Kingsley

Cousins and best friends, Clara and Stephanie Quinn run The Raven's Nest Bookstore, where people go to find their most coveted reads. But they have no idea it's the psychically-gifted Clara who's reading them...

The bookstore has made an enemy of the town crier, Ana Jordon, who claims that the store's occult collection is "poisoning" the town's youth. Meanwhile, the store's number-one employee, Molly, has made no secret of her anger over Ana's antics. So when Ana is found dead, killed by the bust of Edgar Allen Poe sculpted by Molly, the evidence is stacked against her. And Clara must rely on her gift to make sense of this senseless murder...

• ISBN10: 042524377X
• ISBN13: 9780425243770
• Publish Date: 6 September 2011 (first published 1 September 2011)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Penguin USA
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 272
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780425243770

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

Overall, I liked this book. I liked the characters, the setting and the atmosphere. I really liked the way the author wrote the ending to fit the murderer - no melodrama. But I think the author tried too hard in other areas. The protagonist refused to use her gift - over and over and over, hinting at dark reasons why. The protag left New York and wouldn't tell anyone why - again hinting at terrible reasons. I find this annoying in any book. When the 'story comes out' in this one, it's so anticlimactic as to be non-existent. It's the only aspect of this book that really got on my nerves and why I only gave it three instead of 4 stars.