In Elizabeth Penney\'s Chapter and Curse , Molly Kimball is used to cracking open books .
While trying to clear Violet and keep the struggling shop afloat, Molly sifts through secrets past and present, untangling a web of blackmail, deceit, and murder..
But the event ends in disaster when a guest is found dead--with Molly\'s great-aunt\'s knitting needle used as the murder weapon.
Determined to bring much-needed revenue to the bookstore, Molly invites Aunt Violet\'s college classmate and famed poet Persephone Brightwell to hold a poetry reading in the shop.
When Molly and Nina arrive, spring has come to Cambridge and the famed Cambridge Literary Festival is underway.
Thomas Marlowe--Manuscripts and Folios, is one of the oldest bookshops in Cambridge, and--unfortunately--customers can tell.
So when a letter arrives from Nina\'s Aunt Violet in Cambridge, England requesting their help running the family bookshop, they jump at the chance.
With its bucolic British setting, engaging heroine, and unsolved murder dating back decades, Elizabeth Penney has penned the perfect cozy.-Ellen Byron, USA Today Bestselling Author Librarian Molly Kimball and her mother, Nina, need a change. but when a poetry reading ends in murder she must use her skills to crack the case. . .
In Elizabeth Penney\'s Chapter and Curse , Molly Kimball is used to cracking open books
