I Only Read Murder - Ian & Will Ferguson

Mystery

Rating: 7/10

Let’s be honest, as a mystery lover, haven’t you on occasion thought to yourself, that person just needs killing. If you haven’t thought it before, you will by the time the body drops in this book.

Miranda, once known for playing the crime solving church pastor she was cast as on television, has hit hard times. No matter how flagrantly she ignores this fact at every opportunity.

Just rejected for a role on a reality show, she believes the mysterious postcard she receives summoning her to Happy Rock will save the day.

In short order, she finds out her estranged husband was just looking for a way out of their marriage. He certainly wasn’t thinking she would stick around, signing up to star in the local play. When one of the players dies for real, Miranda and her quirky newfound friends appoint themselves the crime solvers on the case.

Miranda is a hoot. We get a sense of her character early on when her agent makes the mistake of telling her to calm down. Really, when in the history of the universe has telling someone to calm down not made them madder.

A cozy whodunnit chock full of quirky characters, imagine a murder mystery set on the series Corner Gas or Schitt’s Creek. Pure Canadiana!

Book Pairing(s): Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest, Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood, The Bluff by Jane Stanton Hitchcock