I Only Read Murder is book one in the Miranda Abbott mystery series by Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson.
Miranda Abbott is an out of work actress with few prospects, who finally returns to her long abandoned husband, hoping to reconcile, only to find out that he wants a divorce. She finds herself investigating the death of the lead actress in a play being put on by a local community theatre, when her soon to be ex husband is accused of the woman’s murder.
I found this mystery quite entertaining, although I’m on the fence about Miranda, the main character of the story. I get that actors are somewhat self involved but she was exceptionally self centered at times, and really started to get on my nerves. At the same time she seemed to be somewhat naïve in her thinking, or she was delusional and just in complete denial, which is more likely.
The other actors in the play provided a wide variety of suspects, and possible motives which kept me guessing throughout the book.
This was a fun quick read and I would recommend it to any lover of a small town, cozy mystery.
I Only read Murder will be available on February 27 2024.
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