Can't Judge a Book By Its Murder (Main Street Book Club Mysteries #1) by Amy Lillard

Not every murder is by the book…

As Sugar Springs gears up for its all-class high school reunion, Mississippi bookstore owner Arlo Stanley prepares to launch her largest event: a book-signing with the town’s legendary alum and bestselling author, Wally Harrison. That’s when Wally is discovered dead outside of Arlo’s front door and her best friend is questioned for the crime.

When the elderly ladies of Arlo’s Friday Night Book Club start to investigate, Arlo has no choice but to follow behind to keep them out of trouble. Yet with Wally’s reputation, the suspect list only grows longer—his betrayed wife, his disgruntled assistant, even the local man who holds a grudge from a long-ago accident.

Between running interference with the book club and otherwise keeping it all together, Arlo anxiously works to get Chloe out of jail. And amidst it all, her one-time boyfriend-turned-private-eye returns to town, just another distraction while she digs to uncover the truth around Wally’s death and just what Sugar Springs secret could have led to his murder.

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About The Author

Amy Lillard is an award-winning author with more than forty novels and novellas in print. She’s a member of MWA, RWA, ACFW, NINC, Sisters in Crime, and the Author’s Guild.
Though she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t writing, she didn’t think about publishing until she decided to try her hand at a pirate romance inspired by the Caribbean where she and her husband lived for several years.
Born and bred in Mississippi, Amy is a happily transplanted Southern Belle who now lives in Oklahoma with her deputy husband, their genius son, and three spoiled cats. She can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Goodreads, and Pinterest.
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My Review

The author has us on a quest to solve the murder of one of her high school class members, and with an all class reunion in town, it could be anyone.
With chuckles and sleuthing we go about looking who killed Wally, and then trying to get her friend and employee out of jail. We have a bookstore owner, the one who has a body fall out of her building, and her worker and friend accused of the dastardly deed.
We get to see the Book Club go about trying to prove the innocence of their friend.
Surprises here, or maybe not, whom is the murderer? This one will keep you page-turning and guessing!

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Poison Pen Press, and was not required to give a positive review.