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A Killer Read (Ashton Corners Book Club 1) by [Erika Chase]

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For the first meeting of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society, six friends gather in Molly Matthews's old Southern mansion-including Lizzie Turner, a reading specialist with a penchant for mysteries. But the mystery book club meeting becomes the scene of an actual murder when a stranger is shot-and nobody knows who the victim is, or how Molly' antique gun came to be used as the murder weapon.

Then Lizzie begins finding mysterious manuscript chapters in her mailbox. As she and the book club members try to read between the lines, Molly surfaces as the next name on the killer's list...

Length: 304 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English	Age Level: 18 and up
Grade Level: 12 and up

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Erika Chase is the Agatha Award-nominated author of the Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery series. The former owner of a mystery bookstore, she has spoken to many book clubs over the years, happily recommending authors and series. Her own book club places chocolate on an equal footing with the books they read. Her short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines, and short-listed for awards. She's been an advertising copywriter, journalist, and community educator, as well as a long-time volunteer with the local police service. She resides in the home of her two Siamese cats. --This text refers to the mass_market edition.

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ASIN : B005GSYY6C
Publisher : Berkley (3 April 2012)
Language : English
File size : 1054 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 304 pages

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Sara E

Not for me

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2015

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This was an ok read - not brilliant, but readable enough. Not a lot I can say about it - just that I finished it. If you want to read a cosy mystery - there are better storytellers out there. Don't think I'll bother with any more in the series.

Mopsa

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2014

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very pleased with purchase

Zalewski Valerie

Too much info

Reviewed in France on 18 April 2013

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I enjoyed this book. I liked the heroine and her friends. I thought the plot held up well, and I didn't guess the perp; before the end.However, it was just that...like. I didn't go overboard with enthusiasm and feel I couldn't wait for the second book. I'll certainly read the second book and probably enjoy it if it's like the first. There is one point that niggled me. It's only a small part of the whole book, but I found it irritating. Everytime the heroine goes anywhere or meets anyone, we get a detailed description of their clothing. Once or twice is fine, but not cosistently throughout the book.

Leonard Blush ~ tenor virtuoso

Too long, too boring

Reviewed in the United States on 7 May 2019

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This story would have benefited by some severe editing, imo. It could have been cut in half and still told the entire story, possibly in a more entertaining way. I don't mind filler material, but I do mind boring filler material. Hearing all the tedious talk about the protagonists boring occupation and even more boring wardrobe (featuring all things, 'taupe,' was trying.) I had to force myself to keep reading, and that is never a good sign. In addition, the main character never seems to stop eating. I don't know what it is with some authors - but there is waaayy too much emphasis on food and snacking. To me, it's lazy writing. Lastly, some inconsistencies might be overlooked, but a character who is described as being in her 'early seventies' but is also described as celebrating her 60th wedding anniversary can not be overlooked. How does an author let that stand? Anyway, perhaps the series improves with time, but I'm sorry that I can't recommend it.

LATH

Book club reading and literary in a mystery

Reviewed in the United States on 19 May 2015

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The “Killer Read” is the first book in the Ashton Corners Book Club “cozy” mystery series by Canadian author, Erika Chase. It starts with the first meeting of the newly-formed "Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society." Lizzie Turner (reading specialist and tutor) suddenly finds the man who moments earlier entered the house outside Molly Matthew’s (book club meeting host) mansion died. Lizzie must find out who killed the man because currently all the book club members are suspects.

PROS:
• Decent story line/plot for a cozy mystery with good character development
• Mystery centered around a book club and teaching others to read
• Name of the book club – loved it - Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society
• It centers around a book club and the teaching of reading

CONS:
• Series of quotes by mystery authors at the beginning of each chapter; drove me crazy
• Story drag in various parts of the book
• Too much repetitive text on her daily routines and feeding her cats

OVERALL: Good start to a cozy mystery series. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

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