A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams

★★★★

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Subject: writers, development

Setting: North Carolina

Main Characters: Olivia Limoges, Captain Haviland, Chief Rawlins George-Bradley Staunton,

Series: Yes, #1 Books by the Bay Mystery

Dates Read: February 26 - March 6

Number of pages: 311

Off the Shelf (pre-2012)? Source?: no, borrowed from Tutu

Category for 12 in 12 challenge: Home Ec, LT Rec

Olivia Limoges is as special as her last name suggests. Living on the Outer Banks, Olivia owns a 5* restaurant and is working on writing a book. Her constant companion Captain Haviland, a well-trained Poodle, seems almost human when the "conversations" between the two come to the fore front.

This first book in the Books by the Bay Mysteries has wonderful characters, numerous villains (non terribly bad except the murderer, of course)and with the small town feel that the secondary characters exude, it's a place you want to visit, so make your reservation at the Yellow Lady.

Well, maybe you need to be a bit careful because there's a murderer running around and he's a cut above the norm leaving HAIKUs at the scene of the crime. Could the murderer be part of Olivia's writers group? Well, the Chief of Police is a writer so maybe you'll be safe there.

There are all different angles in this murder mystery and Olivia is so multi-dimensional, I was enthralled through the entire book. Even at the end, there were still areas of Olivia that were left unexplored, so I am definitely looking forward to the next one. Too bad I have to give it back, it's a keeper!