Title: Shadow in the Glass
Author: M. E. Hilliard
Publication: 5 April 2022
Format: Kindle ebook
Murder
rocks a wedding celebration at an idyllic lakeside home—and
librarian-turned-sleuth Greer Hogan could be next on the killer’s guest
list in this second exciting installment, perfect for fans of Louise
Penny.
Librarian Greer Hogan is on hand to celebrate
her old friend Sarah Whitaker’s nuptials at the Whitaker summer home on
beautiful Mirror Lake, just outside the upstate New York village of
Lake Placid. But Greer has an ulterior motive—to gather information that
could reopen the investigation into her husband’s murder, a crime for
which she believes an innocent man went to prison. Her plans come to a
shuddering halt when a wedding guest goes missing and turns up dead in
the lake. The guest, Brittany Miles, was an employee of the Whitaker
family whom Sarah had long suspected was up to no good at work.
The
police have no leads, but Greer—an avid reader of crime fiction who
possesses an uncanny knack for deduction—begins her own investigation.
She learns that the victim was seen with a mystery man right before she
disappeared. Then the autopsy reveals that she didn’t drown in the lake
after all, but in the reflecting pool in the Whitaker garden.
The
suspect list is as long as the guest list itself, with no apparent
motive. Now, Greer must rely on the wisdom of her favorite fictional
detectives to tease out truth from lies—and keep herself out of the
killer’s sights.
Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff
I started and discarded four other books after Wicked Autumn before I finally settled on Shadow in the Glass. I was hoping to tackle some of my NetGalley shelf but the next books up were either too romantic (ewwwww feelings), too horribly written, or just plain too "eh." This one does still help my NetGalley shelf, though, since it's the second in a series and the third is sitting on the shelf and set to come out in just a few weeks. I haven't actually started reading it yet besides grabbing the blurbs, but I plan to about five minutes after I hit "publish." I enjoyed the first book, The Unkindness of Ravens, when I read it in September so hopefully this one will be just as good ... and then I might very well just go straight into the third because it will keep me from having to figure out what else to read. I'm not a very big fan of decision-making ... or much else ... right now.
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3 comments:
Sounds like a great story and cover love too! Happy weekend!
I wonder if a lot of crime fiction readers feel like they would be good at solving actual crimes. Hmm.
I like that opening quite a bit! I haven't started this series, but I hope to read it. I think I might actually have the first book on my TBR shelf.
I am not the best at decision making either. Just coming up with the three books my blog visitors can vote on at the beginning of the month takes me much longer than it should--and I'm not even the one choosing the winning book. Haha
Have a great weekend!
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