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The Write Way to Die
Murder by the Book Mysteries · Book 1 · 2025
Aubrey Jackson hopes a retreat with celebrated novelist Willow Fox will help her finish her first book. Willow’s murder gives her a much more immediate puzzle. When the police suspect one of her friends, Aubrey and her writing companions start investigating.
From the publisher’s blurb
“A writing retreat. A famous author. A deadly fall.”Read the full description at Gemma Halliday Publishing
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What makes it funny?
Asked whether she noticed anyone suspicious, Aubrey reports a squirrel. Detective Tate checks whether that is somebody’s nickname; she explains that she means the animal. Meanwhile, she attributes her racing heart to stress while studying his physique.
The comedy at work
Aubrey can invent a murder, but finding a real corpse leaves her sobbing through a police interview. Her literal answers frustrate Tate, while her attraction to him keeps interrupting her thoughts about the case.
Try this if…
Writers may recognize the blank-page panic and jokes about plotting. Friendship and romantic uncertainty give readers other things to follow between clues.
Good to know
Passages from Aubrey’s own mystery appear inside the book. That fictional story also has an associated novella, Murder for Shore.
A few distinguishing details
- A novelist’s fictional mystery runs alongside her real case
More funny amateur sleuth
Sources & further reading
- The Write Way to Die by Beth Prentice on Apple Books
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