Paper Cuts

Secret, Book, & Scone Society, Book 6

By: Ellery Adams

Narrated by: Cris Dukehart

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mystery with a touch of magical realism and a strong, female bookstore owner and bibliotherapist at its heart.

Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is famed for its healing springs. But bookstore owner Nora Pennington has a tendency to land in a different kind of hot water. Though she loves to practice bibliotherapy by finding the perfect books for her customers while listening to their secrets, she also likes to bury her nose in the occasional local crime . . .

Nora escaped her past a decade ago. So it feels like a visit from another world when Kelly Walsh—the woman her ex-husband left her for—walks through the door of Miracle Books along with her son, a sweet, serious boy with a talent for origami. Kelly hasn't come to gloat, though. As it turns out, she's been dumped too. She's also terribly ill, and all she wants from Nora is forgiveness.

Shockingly, however, this woman who's been the victim of so much misfortune is about to become a murder victim. Who would do such a thing? Certainly not Nora, but that doesn't stop the gossip and suspicion—especially after Kelly's brother claims that he saw the two women arguing.

In seeking justice for Kelly, The Secret, Book, and Scone Society joins forces with the sheriff's department, but they've barely begun their probe when life throws another wrench. After serving a twenty-year sentence, Estella's father returns to Miracle Springs. And when his past comes back to haunt him, it might be more than the four friends can handle.

"Red herrings abound along with plenty of tips on choosing books."—Kirkus Reviews

©2023 Ellery Adams (P)2023 Tantor

A lot of Action to Follow

I enjoyed listening to and re-visiting with familiar and worthy characters. There is a lot that happens to Nora, as well as Estella and June. After at least a decade Nora is forced to interact with her ex-husband and all the chaos he brings. There are several new characters who are welcome editions to Miracle Springs, and whom I hope we will get to know better in future volumes.
It’s best to listen to /read the books in sequence in order to follow the progression of events. I would love to meet all these characters and visit their town.
Looking forward to the next book. 📚 😊

5 stars

Paper Cuts is an entertaining cozy mystery with engaging characters and an entertaining plot. I look forward to the next book in this series.

Another great installment in this series

I enjoy all the characters and I appreciated that while the main story focused on Nora, we still had growth in the other characters and their stories. The mystery was well done, you didn’t completely guess who was guilty from the start. There were some loose ends left, but perhaps those will be addressed in upcoming books?

This series is the typical “cozy mystery “ in that you you don’t have explicit violence or sex and the characters live in a world we would all like to be in, a town where people care about one another and look out for each other.

I happen to love books so this series ticks all my boxes in that arena as well

I felt the narrator did a good job, being a female most of her male characters have a similar sounding voice, but she does try to infuse them each with something different. I think she did a good job narrating and would listen to her again

I enjoyed the interaction between the main characters.

I enjoyed the many plot twists and turns. It was very exciting! I want to be a part of the group of woman.

This book is therapeutic.

I've enjoyed this series so much. The characters are so relatable. I've learned from them, cried with them, and missed them at the end of the book. I wish I could read it for the first time again. The story keeps evolving and keeps you locked in.

Paper Cuts

Enjoyed this book very much! I look forward to the next in the series. I like the characters in the stories.

I enjoyed this book

I have listen to all the books in this series and have found them all enjoyable

I loved it!!

I couldn’t stop listening to this one and I can’t wait for the next in the series!

Great listening.

I story was wonderful. The narrating was easy to listen to. A very enjoyable book.

Another great book in the series

Another Great story line, nice twist , great narration, very clear , waiting for book 7! 8,9 hopefully