End of Story
Author: Elizabeth Spann Craig
End of Story is the 9th book in the Village Library Mystery series.
This series tends to follow a basic formula for each book. Murder occurs, investigation starts, another murder, more investigation, twist/reveal/mop up. This time, the setting for the story does change from Whitby, NC to Charleston, SC. But the formula stayed pretty much the same.
Despite the investigations/plots being very similar, I do enjoy this series. The characters are entertaining. I love Fitz the Library Cat. And the main character, Librarian Ann Beckett, is very intelligent and capable.
I wish the author would shake things up a bit and change the basic formula she seems to follow for this series. I'm sure it's easier for the writer to follow a basic outline, but it gets a bit tired after 9 books. The change of scenery and having the two main characters being on vacation did shake things up a little, but the mystery followed the same path as the prior books.
I'm moving on to book 10 -- maybe Ann goes totally rogue in this one and breaks the usual formula. We shall see!
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