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A Juliet Page Cozy Mystery #2
Bound for Murder: A Lethal Lexicon
Librarian Juliet Page decides to pursue her dream, and to restart her life in a small town in the UK, and open her own rare bookshop. But the grand opening of her bookstore takes a dark turn when a rare book sale ends in murder--and she's the prime suspect. Can she decipher the clues hidden in the dusty pages and clear her name before it's too late?
BOUND FOR A LETHAL LEXICON (A Juliet Page Cozy Mystery—Book 2) is the second novel in a new series by cozy mystery author Audrey Shine. The series begins with BOUND FOR A HARDCOVER HOMICIDE (Book 1).
A charming cozy mystery series, Juliet Page will pull you right into its quaint setting, captivate you with its enchanting atmosphere, and make it impossible to stop reading. With unexpected plot twists and a perplexing mystery to unravel, this page-turner will keep you engaged late into the night, all while you fall in love with its unforgettable main character.
Future books in the series are also available!
BOUND FOR A LETHAL LEXICON (A Juliet Page Cozy Mystery—Book 2) is the second novel in a new series by cozy mystery author Audrey Shine. The series begins with BOUND FOR A HARDCOVER HOMICIDE (Book 1).
A charming cozy mystery series, Juliet Page will pull you right into its quaint setting, captivate you with its enchanting atmosphere, and make it impossible to stop reading. With unexpected plot twists and a perplexing mystery to unravel, this page-turner will keep you engaged late into the night, all while you fall in love with its unforgettable main character.
Future books in the series are also available!
141 pages, Paperback
Published May 24, 2024
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September 29, 2025
Look the story is a nice simple cozy mystery- with lots of detail and atmosphere. My problem is it is almost the same book as book one in the series. Same murder. Same motive. Same auction. same person finding the body after going to the house same. It’s feels like she is passing off the first book as the second.
When the police arrive, Julia can’t believe the cop suspects her! Umm…WHY WOULDN’T THEY?
Julia you have an appointment with someone who bought a rare book at an auction. The book is missing and you found him DEAD. That was the first book
Now you have an appointment with someone who bought a rare book at an auction. The book is missing and you found him DEAD.
The village should ban Julia from any future book auctions. The author should ban this story line from future books. I think I’ll skip book three.
When the police arrive, Julia can’t believe the cop suspects her! Umm…WHY WOULDN’T THEY?
Julia you have an appointment with someone who bought a rare book at an auction. The book is missing and you found him DEAD. That was the first book
Now you have an appointment with someone who bought a rare book at an auction. The book is missing and you found him DEAD.
The village should ban Julia from any future book auctions. The author should ban this story line from future books. I think I’ll skip book three.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 6, 2025
After scoring a coveted literary work at an auction, Juliet Page has plans to display the piece in her new bookshop. A visit to a wealthy collector's house has that plan in jeopardy when Juliet finds the man dead in his kitchen.
I'm sad that I didn't adore this entry into the Juliet Page Cozy Mystery series. I loved Juliet in her first outing, but this story fell down in several places. For one thing, the plot was similar to the first book - Juliet even remarks on this herself, twice! Secondly, Juliet acted as though she had no sense of self-preservation and threw herself into serious jeopardy on several occasions.
It's passable as a cosy, but the promise shown initially in the series isn't fulfilled in this book.
I'm sad that I didn't adore this entry into the Juliet Page Cozy Mystery series. I loved Juliet in her first outing, but this story fell down in several places. For one thing, the plot was similar to the first book - Juliet even remarks on this herself, twice! Secondly, Juliet acted as though she had no sense of self-preservation and threw herself into serious jeopardy on several occasions.
It's passable as a cosy, but the promise shown initially in the series isn't fulfilled in this book.
July 3, 2025
Rather repetitive. The plot was so similar to the first book in this series that I kept checking to make sure.
March 12, 2025
“Kicking over this hornet’s nest and not get severely stung; or to go and meet the dragon in its den; which was worse: Hornets’ nest or the dragon’s den?” Either way, Juliet must plow, and soldier on to discovering who the killer is, clear her name, and have a successful shop grand opening.
What did I like about this reading?
I like that Juliet is getting cleverer and bolder with each series; not shying away from danger and I like her quirky expressions: “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small,” she murmured to herself. “Sextus Empiricus, Greek philosopher.” Juliet found a rival who's out to make sure that her grand opening drew fewer crowds, and for her shop to not be successful is what is implied with this quirky expression.
As desperate as Juliet was to get the murder solved before her grand opening, she was also discovering a very different side to herself, here in Whistling Willow, she’d become a far more daring person than she’d dreamed she had possessed. She did not know if it was bravery or recklessness, but all she knew was that she felt astonished by it, too. She had to persevere and solve this mystery…which of course she did and rescued the first folio that was left to rot after being dug in the earth’s spoilage where vegetables were to grow.
As if timing the next book in this series, her sister Sarah’s book is a hit and now she needs a plot for her next book venture; so she phoned Juliet for some of her latest adventure as this might inspire her next book, and of course Juliet has the perfect story for her.
This was another good reading; it expanded more on the book shop by actually having its grand opening and lots of sales for a first night. And there was an adventure with the murder that had taken place, which Julia solved. All that is well, ends well, not as Shakespeare would have penned it, yet adventurous enough for the bard.
What did I like about this reading?
I like that Juliet is getting cleverer and bolder with each series; not shying away from danger and I like her quirky expressions: “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small,” she murmured to herself. “Sextus Empiricus, Greek philosopher.” Juliet found a rival who's out to make sure that her grand opening drew fewer crowds, and for her shop to not be successful is what is implied with this quirky expression.
As desperate as Juliet was to get the murder solved before her grand opening, she was also discovering a very different side to herself, here in Whistling Willow, she’d become a far more daring person than she’d dreamed she had possessed. She did not know if it was bravery or recklessness, but all she knew was that she felt astonished by it, too. She had to persevere and solve this mystery…which of course she did and rescued the first folio that was left to rot after being dug in the earth’s spoilage where vegetables were to grow.
As if timing the next book in this series, her sister Sarah’s book is a hit and now she needs a plot for her next book venture; so she phoned Juliet for some of her latest adventure as this might inspire her next book, and of course Juliet has the perfect story for her.
This was another good reading; it expanded more on the book shop by actually having its grand opening and lots of sales for a first night. And there was an adventure with the murder that had taken place, which Julia solved. All that is well, ends well, not as Shakespeare would have penned it, yet adventurous enough for the bard.
September 10, 2025
Good Ending
This is a fun story about a relatable American librarian who moves to a village in the Cotswold and begins again, opening a used bookstore. She attends an auction right before the opening of her store, and buys a book written by Shakespeare. There are other books by him as well, a book of sonnets is purchased by someone else who agrees to let her see his purchase the next morning at his home. When she gets there he is dead and the sonnets are gone. Afraid that the police will not find the murderer, Juliet launches her own investigation.
The main character is likable but finds many loose ends before solving the mystery. Her quickness to locate people to investigate might leave readers a little breathless but it’s a believable, feel good ending so 4 stars.
This is a fun story about a relatable American librarian who moves to a village in the Cotswold and begins again, opening a used bookstore. She attends an auction right before the opening of her store, and buys a book written by Shakespeare. There are other books by him as well, a book of sonnets is purchased by someone else who agrees to let her see his purchase the next morning at his home. When she gets there he is dead and the sonnets are gone. Afraid that the police will not find the murderer, Juliet launches her own investigation.
The main character is likable but finds many loose ends before solving the mystery. Her quickness to locate people to investigate might leave readers a little breathless but it’s a believable, feel good ending so 4 stars.
January 12, 2025
I enjoyed this book and it is a fun story despite the fact it has a murder in it. It is also a caution against being too fanatical. The characters are interesting, there is a small possibility of a bit of romance, and I am realizing I am a bit of an Anglophile. The plot is straightforward and easily followed. The premise is finding out who killed the successful bidder of a first edition folio of Shakespeare's sonnets. The answers were hard won and our main character a bit foolish in her attempts to discover who the killer was. I definitely recommend this book.
May 9, 2025
Now that Juliet, our intrepid amateur detective, has opened a bookstore in the cozy English village she fell in love with in the first of this series, it seems that murder has decided to settle down with her. In a scene reminiscent of Hardcover Homicide, it's a wonder Juliet isn't put off ever accepting an invitation to visit any of the village's inhabitants. But, far from it, it only sends her off again on a quixote search for the truth behind a grisly murder. Once again, she is aided and abetted by a quirky set of villagers who enliven every page.
December 26, 2024
Got the audiobook, the reader got the accent wrong. the main character is from America but the narrator read the whole book using English accent. How funny is that?! Especially when the book said the book sales person hear her accent and was looking relaxed because American don't dress up when they go out! I was like will why is her accent still English???
slow and the book even said the whole think happened just like the last time. So, the author rehash the last book.
slow and the book even said the whole think happened just like the last time. So, the author rehash the last book.
March 4, 2025
Definitely a cozy mystery, and one for book lovers! The second in the series, I haven't read the first (but plan to!) but it was great as a standalone. A cute budding romance along the way, but the crime is the focus, and there's more than that afoot! A charming read with great characters and adventure.
March 7, 2025
I really rate it a 2.5. It was too much like other bookstore novels where woman leaves a bad marriage to move to a new town to open a bookstore. In this case nothing was said about actually setting up the store. There was a typical nasty, jealous woman trying to hurt the opening, and then the murder which had to be solved in two days.
March 30, 2025
Bound for Murder
Juliet Page was opening a rare book store and just as it was getting ready to open she finds a murdered body. Even worse she is a prime suspect over a very valuable book that the victim had just bought. If she couldn't clear her name, book collectors wouldn't flock to her new book store! She had only a couple of days to figure out who the killer is!
Juliet Page was opening a rare book store and just as it was getting ready to open she finds a murdered body. Even worse she is a prime suspect over a very valuable book that the victim had just bought. If she couldn't clear her name, book collectors wouldn't flock to her new book store! She had only a couple of days to figure out who the killer is!
January 17, 2025
It was too long for what happened. Also, they need new police in town. I wonder if the writing sister becomes a bigger character. Glad she has a cat and when is the history teacher moving in! Invested too much on the nephew guy but I get it was to keep the real murder a mystery.
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March 8, 2025
headed
As I headed into this story I found it to be lively and also slow going. Heading further into the book I confess that I skipped quite a lot twice or thrice. Then I headed towards the ending which was quick. But I find the romance is headed nowhere.
As I headed into this story I found it to be lively and also slow going. Heading further into the book I confess that I skipped quite a lot twice or thrice. Then I headed towards the ending which was quick. But I find the romance is headed nowhere.
March 11, 2025
Low stress read, but good ending
Definitely a good cozy mystery. The ending was suspenseful and the writer wove a believable plot. It is always nice to read a mystery that is not filled with blood and gore!
Definitely a good cozy mystery. The ending was suspenseful and the writer wove a believable plot. It is always nice to read a mystery that is not filled with blood and gore!
October 23, 2024
I listened to the audiobook. The English accented narrator was delightfully quirky... I think it is AI. While it doesn't detract from the story there are amusing mispronounced words.
November 13, 2024
This was an easy, fun read. "Cozy Murder Mystery" is what I'd call it. Just enough twists and turns.
November 23, 2024
First time reading series by this author and I am loving it!!
December 9, 2024
*** 180 pages
January 6, 2025
Having an audiobook read by an AI reader is a problem; lots of mispronounced words and lack of logical emotion are very distracting.
March 15, 2025
An exciting cozy read
The book jumping around beginning investigations moved into al full and exciting adventure. The final many pages had my heart racing. It’s a delightful read!
The book jumping around beginning investigations moved into al full and exciting adventure. The final many pages had my heart racing. It’s a delightful read!
March 27, 2025
Enjoyable
Less serious than most murder stories. A tad silly in parts, the way the lead character acts but fairly enjoyable
Less serious than most murder stories. A tad silly in parts, the way the lead character acts but fairly enjoyable
April 2, 2025
Determined Sleuth
Juliet Page is certainly a determined and aggressive antique bookstore owner. I enjoyed her quirky town and the suspicious nature of the small town.
Juliet Page is certainly a determined and aggressive antique bookstore owner. I enjoyed her quirky town and the suspicious nature of the small town.
May 19, 2025
Good read
The book started a little slow, but soon got going with interesting characters. The subject books are well described and explained. I really enjoyed the ending.
The book started a little slow, but soon got going with interesting characters. The subject books are well described and explained. I really enjoyed the ending.
May 29, 2025
Absolutely brilliant
Such a wonderful mystery set in a georgeous setting, with a fascinating subject, and a likable, sharp yet realistic heroine.
Such a wonderful mystery set in a georgeous setting, with a fascinating subject, and a likable, sharp yet realistic heroine.
July 19, 2025
I am coming to the conclusion that cozy mysteries are not for me. cannot stand the amateur sleuths keep nosing about not letting real professionals do the job. I get all judgemental about that
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