Sarah's Reviews > Just Another Dead Author

Honestly, the title hooked me. “Just Another Dead Author” evokes the feeling that authors are irrelevant and murdered authors are common. The story was originally written in Swedish with the main character being a Swedish author named Berit Gardner. Berit, as most amateur sleuths and many writers, has a tendency to be very observant. Berit is attending a writer’s retreat in France as a teacher and a friend of the organizer.

The retreat continues as planned when an unlikeable but successful author is killed. The police and Berit want to solve it.

As you can imagine, there is an interesting cast of characters at the retreat. The location is beautifully described including their field trips.

The author makes the culpability of many of the attendees viable options. It is well written and has mini cliff hangars to entice you to keep reading.

I loved the book club questions included at the end.

I would recommend this book to others.

Thank you NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the advanced readers copy.