Crime and Parchment, Daphne Silver
Crime and Parchment, Daphne Silver
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Crime and Parchment

Author: Daphne Silver

Narrator: Barrie Kreinik

Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/21/2023

Synopsis

Rare books librarian Juniper Blume treats every researcher’s question like a mini-mystery to solve.However, no inquiry compares to her ex-brother-in-law Rory begging for her help in finding the Book of Kells’ long-lost covers. He claims they are in a southern Maryland cemetery. Juniper is not sure how the bejeweled covers of a ninth-century European masterwork could have ended up there, but she’s curious enough to find out.Juniper hops in her vintage Karmann Ghia convertible with her dog Clover and heads to the former resort town of Rose Mallow, on the western coast of the Chesapeake Bay. When Juniper goes to meet Rory, he’s nowhere to be found—but a body is.Can she find out the truth about the priceless book and save Rory before the murderer kills again?

About Daphne Silver

In the third grade, Daphne Silver wrote her first story, “Walking Through the Attic of Time.” She and her friends discovered that an old house’s attic was actually a portal to the past. Today, Silver continues that love of history and storytelling in writing cozy mysteries. She also writes nonfiction under her legal name at www.lsilberman.com, including Wild Women of Maryland, Wicked Baltimore, and The Jewish Community of Baltimore.

About Barrie Kreinik

Barrie Kreinik is an actor, singer, playwright, and voice-dialect coach based in New York City. Her audiobook narrations have earned an AudioFile Earphones Award. A graduate of the Brown/Trinity MFA acting program, she is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on October 02, 2024

Rare books librarian Juniper Blume is surprised when she gets a message from her ex-brother-in-law claiming he has found a clue to where the covers for the Book of Kells might be. She’s even more surprised to see he thinks they are in the small Maryland town of Rose Mallow. But Juniper is also intri......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on December 17, 2023

Thank you NetGalley for the free review copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own and not affected by the giveaway. Rare books librarian Juniper Blume has returned to her grandmother's home town of Rose Mallow, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay for the first time since her beloved grandmoth......more

Goodreads review by Wendi Flint Rank on December 11, 2023

I enjoyed this cozy quite a bit, even though I am primarily a thriller reader. And there was a good bit of suspense and thriller in the book, combined with the story being about the, ‘missing covers,” of the famous Book of Kells, which is said to have been created on the small island of Iona, located......more

Goodreads review by Mystee on November 03, 2023

Will appear on bog Dec Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver is a captivating and enchanting cozy mystery that effortlessly combines the allure of time travel with the charm of a small-town whodunit. With its well-rounded characters, intriguing plot twists, and richly descriptive prose, this book is......more

Goodreads review by Vincent on January 20, 2024

3.75 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌖 Thanks NetGalley, Level Best Books publisher and the authors for a great advance copy of the book in exchange for my honest review! This book was a hidden gem. It was of full of tensions, mystery and actions. I was very hooked at the beginning, and this was rare because I usually am not......more

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