Review: Lethal Letters

Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 star review. The sixth installment of Ellery Adams A Books By the Bay Mystery series is another wonderful book in the series. I think the one thing that I like about the series is that the town and the people in it seems to live in the real world. It’s not a pretty, peppy, sunshine and unicorn. The characters seem like normal people that get mad, angry, and happy, say it like it is. You’re able to connect to the characters as those they were you’re neighbors, friends, acquaintances, and how can you go wrong when the heroin has a standard poodle named Haviland!

It’s a busy time in Oyster Bay, the tourist are in full, Michele, Olivia’s chef at the restaurant is busy planning his wedding, and driving Olivia and the staff crazy, the historical society’s annual fund-raiser: the Secret Garden Party and Candlelit Ball, and another wedding on the horizon. Then when Michele asks Olivia to accompany her to check out one of the oldest churches in Oyster Bay, where Michele is thinking about having his wedding, they witness the discovery of a time capsule in the foundation, which the workers discover. The historical society has decided that the time capsule will be on display at the fund raiser. Meanwhile, things go missing from the capsule and Haviland discovers the body of Ruthie Holcomb, while Olivia and her niece are walking him on the beach. So once again, with the help of Olivia’s aspiring writer club members, they start investigating on their own….to help the police chief of course.

If you haven’t read any of the books in this series I highly recommend that you start with the first book in the series A Killer Plot, as it introduces the main character’s that go from book to book to book. It will also show you the growth of Olivia, which you’ll understand in the first book and see her progress in the books that follow. This is a wonderful , enjoyable series, the writing is good, the plots are interesting, and the books move at a good pace, but be warned, once you read the first book, you’ll get hooked!


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