Written in Stone

Today's post is on Written in Stone by Ellery Adams.  It is 294 pages long and is published by Berkely Prime Crime. The cover has Olivia’s dog on it sniffing around some food. It is the fourth in Adams’ Books by the Bay series, so you need to have read the first three to understand the characters. There is mild foul language, mild sex and sexuality, and mild violence in this book. The intended reader is someone who likes cozy mysteries series with characters that grow.  The story is third person close of the main character, Olivia. There Be Spoilers Ahead. 

From the back of the book-  When Munin Cooper, known as the Witch of Oyster Bay, warns Olivia Limoges that death is coming, neither of them realize that it is the older woman herself who will soon be found dead. And Olivia’s instincts tell her that something—or someone—more sinister than a mystical force is at play…
Olivia has a lot on her plate preparing for the Coastal Carolina Food Festival. When she hears the news of Munin’s untimely death, however, finding the murderer takes priority. The witch left behind a memory jug full of keepsakes that Olivia knows must point to the killer—but she’s got to figure out what they mean. With handsome Police Chief Rawlings by her side, Olivia starts to identify some of the jug’s mysterious contents—and finds its secrets are much darker than she suspected. Now Olivia must enlist the help of the Bayside Book Writers to solve the puzzle behind the piece of pottery and put an end to a vengeful killer before any more damage can be done…

Review- Another great volume in this series. Olivia gets pulled into a mystery from an old woman who knew her mother and is warned that death is coming. There is more than just murder in this volume, history is coming back to haunt the present and innocent are going to pay for the crimes of the past. The best thing about this series is the characters, they grow and change from novel to novel. It is very natural and the reader is on the journey with them but it is so nice to have a mystery series with a stable cast that grows and changes with events of the stories. I look forward to reading the next volume. 

I give this book a Four out of of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.