Title: WHO SHOT THE SERIF?
Series: Hand Lettering Mystery #1
Author: Jessa Archer
Publisher: Archer Mysteries
Publish Date: 07.16.19
Category /Genre: Cozy Mystery
Recommended for: 14+ due to vocabulary
Grammar/editing: received as an unedited
ARC / errors excused
Received from: Jessa Archer
Goodreads link: Who Shot the Serif?
Date completed: 08.01.2019
Description from the publisher:
When Jamie Lang finds one of her
hand lettered quotes on the window of her shop, Flourish, with a hole shot
through a serif, she knows someone's trying to drive her business into red ink.
Jamie confronts Earleen Culp, the
ruthless owner of the local stationery shop, in front of the most popular
breakfast spot in the small town of Cedar Valley. Of course, Earleen professes shock and
innocence, so when she’s found dead in front of Jamie's home the next morning,
Jamie becomes the prime suspect.
Jamie's one cross-stroke short of acquittal, and even her best friend has her doubts. But Jamie's not the only one in town with a motive for wanting Earleen silenced for good. To clear her name, Jamie's going to need every last drop of ink in her quill.
With the hot police chief Ridge, and her makeup artist friend Nora on her side, she’s prepared to go out with a flourish if that's what it takes to catch the real murderer. She’s desperate to save her hand lettering business, but will her quest lead her right into a killer’s snare?
Jamie's one cross-stroke short of acquittal, and even her best friend has her doubts. But Jamie's not the only one in town with a motive for wanting Earleen silenced for good. To clear her name, Jamie's going to need every last drop of ink in her quill.
With the hot police chief Ridge, and her makeup artist friend Nora on her side, she’s prepared to go out with a flourish if that's what it takes to catch the real murderer. She’s desperate to save her hand lettering business, but will her quest lead her right into a killer’s snare?
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WHO SHOT THE SERIF? is the second
book in the Hand Lettering Mystery series. Each will stand on its own, but I highly
recommend reading each story in this cozy series.
This is the second book in the
series and the second one that I have read (and I already have the next
two). I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed
vicariously spending some time crafting with Jamie and her friends. I only wish I could create something as beautiful
as the lettering art they were describing.
I’ll stick to the crafts I do best.
Like all small towns, there are as
many secrets as there are inhabitants.
For Jamie, the most important secret is who would want to frame her for
murdering Earleen. Sure, they’ve been
rivals since high school, but Jamie wouldn’t actually kill over business
jealousies.
The many characters are quirky and
unique. It is great getting to know them
and knowing they’ll be important in future books as well. They are what make the story come alive!
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC
via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
The Hand Lettering Mystery series:
1.
Who Shot the Serif?
2.
In the Nib of Time
3.
Kerning to Crime
Also from Jessa Archer:
Coastal
Playhouse Mysteries:
0.5
The Phantom of the Opal
1.
Curtains for Romeo
2.
Arsenic and Olé
Legal Beagle
Mysteries:
1.
Scales of Justice
2.
Hound on the Sound
Thistlewood
Star Cozy Mysteries:
Baskerville for the Bear
1.
A Murder in Helvetica Bold
2.
Palatino for the Painter
3.
A Séance in Franklin Gothic
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