Fun read! Lean into the silliness of everything in the town of Confection being named something sweet. It sets up virtually unlimited possibilities for future books in the series. 

Lexi runs a bookstore and hosts a book club that sometimes turns into an amateur sleuthing group, figuring out local crimes.

Love her dog, Cookie, who also makes an excellent plot device to transition from one scene to another or win over a reluctant character. The relationships were well fleshed out and there were plenty of them. Lexi is well-liked in the community and seems to be easily able to earn trust and get people talking. 

A Poisonous Page will keep you guessing. It is the second book in the series. I’m looking forward to reading the first, but jumping in here was fine – no issues with following without having read the first.

I received this Advanced Reader Copy of A Poisonous Page from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Description:

Kitt Crowe’s second Sweet Fiction Bookshop mystery whips up an array of intriguing suspects and motives into a diabolically deft read, perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Joanne Fluke.

It’s summer festival time in Confection, Oregon, and that means a barrage of tourists making cash registers ring at Sweet Fiction Bookshop. But what should be bookseller Lexi’s most lucrative time of year turns disturbing when a member of the chamber of commerce suddenly dies of a heart attack. Not entirely unexpected—considering her family history—but it’s a different story when another chamber member dies just one week later…also, presumably, of natural causes.

Something about this doesn’t read right to Lexi. And it gets more unfathomable when her friend Dash—who dated both women—stands accused of murder! With Cookie, her lovable border collie mix, at her side and countless volumes of inspiration on her shelves, Lexi opens the book on another perplexing case. Who could have murdered two prominent townspeople without leaving even a hint of evidence on the scene? And why is an irksome-but-intriguing detective always seeming to catch her and Cookie working the case?

Lexi’s Confection Rose-colored glasses come off when she learns of thorny discussions among the council members, involving a string of secretive real estate transactions. Enlisting her faithful fellow members of the Macaroon Book Club, Lexi sets out to bind the clues together and clear Dash’s name. But if she can’t devise a clever trap for the real killer, she may soon end up with a very unhappily ever after of her own.