Crimes and Covers

A Magical Bookshop Mystery, Book 5

By: Amanda Flower

Narrated by: Rachel Dulude

Christmas is coming to the Western New York village of Cascade Springs, and so is the long-awaited wedding of Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly and police chief David Rainwater. Grandma Daisy and Violet's best friend, Sadie, go all out to make the nuptials the event of the season—whether Violet likes it or not. But the reception becomes memorable for all the wrong reasons when a woman's dead body floats by on the frigid Niagara River.

Violet is shocked to recognize the deceased as a mysterious woman who visited Charming Books two days before the wedding, toting a rare first edition of Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Well aware that a mint condition copy could be worth more than $14,000, Violet told the woman she would have to have the book appraised before she could consider buying it. Most displeased, the woman tucked the precious tome under her arm and stormed out of the shop. Now she's dead, and an enigmatic message scrawled in pen upon her palm reads, "They stole my book."

It's a confounding case, indeed. But fortunately, Violet can draw on the resources of her bookshop's magical consciousness, which communicates clues to Violet via quotes from Walden. With Emerson the tuxedo cat and Faulkner the crow at her side, Violet sets out to recover the priceless book by solving a murder most transcendental.

©2022 Amanda Flower (P)2022 Tantor

The accents are bad

I don’t know why she changed the accent for Adrian to Russian. It was definitely not French. And the changed voice for Lacey was nauseating. The performance was better in the 3rd book. Other than that the book is good.

Fun!

I really really enjoyed the series… But where is the next one? I actually listen to them from beginning to end within a few days and now I’m seeing that a new one hasn’t been released for over a year… Please tell me this isn’t the end?!

Cascade Springs Wedding Magic

A fitting conclusion to this entertaining five book series. The magic of the waters that sustain the bookshop tree are reflected in the history of the land and its
people. Flowers has a knack for creating believable characters you'd like to know. Her energetic grandmother Daisy, the
handsome police chief Rainwater and a
host of friends make up this village family.
Adding to the supernatural aura of
the bookshop are a willful tuxedo cat named Emerson and the prophetic raven
Faulkner. I'm sorry to see the series end,
but left satisfied.

Crimes and Covers

I’ve read this series from the beginning & the story has gotten better with each book. This book was no exception. It’s nearing Christmas, Violet & Rainwater are getting married, Emerson & Faulkner are very involved as usual & there are murders to be solved. I loved the feel good ending as well. A good read!

Wonderful series

Amanda Flower and Rachel Dulude are a powerful duo. Loved the characters and plots. The whole series of stories were a great read! Would like to see more from the birch tree and bookshop.

Repetitive and predictable

While I'm glad that I got to find out how this series ended, I found this final book to repeat too much information from previous books. It was very easy to predict who the criminal was.