Series: Murder, She Wrote #1
Source Library
Published by Berkley Books on January 1, 1989
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Jessica Fletcher is off to London to deliver the keynote address at a mystery writers convention. She's also looking forward to seeing her mentor, Marjorie Ainsworth, who will be hosting a party at her country estate to celebrate her latest book. Marjorie is the grand dame of mystery writing but she's in frail health.
The routine business trip for Jessica becomes murderous--when she discovers Marjorie stabbed to death in her own bedroom.
I am in my Murder, She Wrote era, having recently started watching the television series for the first time, and I just love Jessica Fletcher. The appeal of this book for me was spending time with Fletch, as I call her, which was nice, but as it was published in 1989, it did feel dated in a way that was slightly offputting (the TV show being dated is part of the charm for me, but in book form it didn’t have the same effect) and it was just an OK read.
But I want to check out the next in the series because it’s a nice way to spend time with Fletch when I’m out of episodes to watch!