The Running Bibliophile

A Murderous Plot (The Bookstore Mystery, #6)   by Sue Minix opens with a shocking and attention-grabbing scene when a man covered in blood stumbles onto the running track where Jen and Eric are out for their usual run. The man has no idea who he is or what has happened to him, immediately setting the stage for a mystery filled with unanswered questions and suspense.  After he is rushed to the hospital, Eric and the Riddleton Police Department begin investigating the case, but as fans of the series would expect, Jen can’t help inserting herself into the situation. Determined to uncover the truth, she sets out to learn the identity of the mystery man and piece together the events that led to his condition. I received an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review, and I was absolutely thrilled to be approved. Sue Minix has become one of my favorite authors, and I always look forward to returning to Riddleton and catching up ...

With Crooked House coming out in theaters soon, I knew I had to reread the book before watching the movie, and I was glad that I did. I didn't remember anything about the book going into it, but as I read, bits and pieces started coming back to me. Reader beware ... this mystery is one of Agatha Christie's stand alone books that is not part of any of her popular detective series ... so no Hercule Poirot & his little gray cells, no Miss Marple, and no Tommy & Tuppence. Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot series is my favorite so at first I was a bit disappointed that he wasn't in this particular book. The book begins with the narrator, Charles Hayward, meeting Sophia Leonides in Egypt during the European War, which we know better as World War II. Charles instantly falls in love with Sophia but since it is too soon for him to propose to her, they make plans on meeting in England once the war is over to see if they are both still available and interested in eac...