Southern transplant Emma Lovett and her best friend, Leslie Parker, can hardly believe it’s Emma’s third year at Thomas Jefferson High School. In addition to an amazing year with Emma’s boyfriend, Hunter Wells, and Leslie’s brand-new love interest, they’ve gotten all the way through Homecoming with no one dying.
Oops!
At the end of October, Emma discovers the strangled body of Charlie Foreman, one of Leslie’s favorite nemeses. But the first clue implicates Leslie in the crime. To make things worse, Emma’s feeling a little oogy. She’s tired and dizzy and something’s wrong with her eyes.
All Emma and Leslie are trying to do is find new methods for teaching the youth of America, hopefully using lessons from the Great Bard, their hero, William Shakespeare.
But someone has a different idea: more schooling in murder.
Oops!
At the end of October, Emma discovers the strangled body of Charlie Foreman, one of Leslie’s favorite nemeses. But the first clue implicates Leslie in the crime. To make things worse, Emma’s feeling a little oogy. She’s tired and dizzy and something’s wrong with her eyes.
All Emma and Leslie are trying to do is find new methods for teaching the youth of America, hopefully using lessons from the Great Bard, their hero, William Shakespeare.
But someone has a different idea: more schooling in murder.
Book source ~ ARC.
My review is honest and voluntary.
25 May 2021
Cozy | Mystery
241 Pages
My Rating ~ 4 Bites and a nibble
Emma Lovett has moved from South Carolina to Pinewood, Colorado to teach at Thomas Jefferson High. Her first two years there started with a murder, so she’s hoping year three will just be about teaching English alongside her best friend Leslie Parker and her boyfriend Hunter Wells and there will be nary a murder to be had. Too late. I spoke too soon. Emma finds Coach Charlie Foreman strangled and if that’s not bad enough, Leslie is suspect #1. Uh, oh. Time to kick the sleuthing into high gear and maybe when she has time, she can figure out why she’s become so clumsy and her eyesight is so messed up all of a sudden.
I’m really enjoying this series. The writing is great, the world building detailed, and the characters are well-rounded. The plot is twisty enough to keep me guessing and there’s humor and a dash of romance, too. There’s also something going on with Emma that she has to deal with and it’s nice to see a main character have to stop and take stock while life keeps revolving around them. This is a great book to read on a lazy afternoon. Or, well, any time, really.
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