Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett

Blurb: Stoneham, New Hamshire, was a dying town until community leaders invited booksellers to open shop. Now, its streets are lined with bookstores-and paved with murder.

When she moved to Stoneham, city-slicker Tricia Miles was met with friendly faces. And when she opened her mystery bookstore, she met with friendly competition. But when she finds Doris Gleason dead in her own cookbook store, killed by a carving knife, the atmosphere seems more cutthroat than cordial. Someone wanted to get their hands on the rare cookbook that Doris had recently purchased--and the locals think that someone is Tricia. To clear her name, Tricia will have to take a page out of one of her own mysteries--and hunt down someone who isn’t killing by the book…

Oh wow! I so love it when a find turns out to be such a great read. I literally couldn't put this book down. Everytime I tried to set it down, it just called out to be finished, so I read it in a day. Tricia and her sister Angelica are just hilarious. And the supporting cast and the subplot, hee hee. The mystery while not blindingly obvious wasn't difficult to solve as the story progressed. I think I was a bit over the half way point when I went "ah that's who did it" but Barrett's voice is just, well seductive. I can't wait to try some of Angelica's recipes in the back of the book, especially the crab puffs and stuffed mushrooms.

--Missy
"You shouldn't take life to seriously. You'll never get out alive." Van Wilder
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