Book 111, 2020

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Literally Murder by Eryn Scott

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Last book of the year was literally murder. As in, the title was Literally Murder. Ha ha! I took advantage of my snow day to knock this one back in one day. This is the second part of Eryn Scott's "Pepper Brooks" mystery series, featuring intrepid college student and literary buff, Pepper.

Pepper and her BFF and roommate, Liv, are in their final quarter of classes at NWU. Pepper is trying not to think too hard about them going their separate ways after graduation, and she's also trying not to worry too much about whether she and hunky rookie cop, Alex Valdez, are dating or not. Pepper is intent on her classes, but when she stumbles across the body of a woman in a nearby creek, she finds herself unable to stop thinking about the murder. When two more young co-eds end up murdered in the same way, Pepper is convinced there is a connection to the literary works of Hemingway...and she's also afraid her friend Liv may be the next victim.

Delightful! Pepper is an engaging character, and the plot flowed nicely. The story had some neat twists and turns, and I liked that Pepper didn't spend the entirety of the narrative consumed with her amateur investigation.

Favorite lines:
♦ "We're carping the diem or...whatever night is in Latin."
♦ If there was any day to double-fist coffee, it was today.

Very good cozy--four stars!