Better World Books August Book Drive Days 28 & 29

My love for mysteries started in childhood with a collection of Encyclopedia Brown books. Now I scour the bookstores looking for new cozy mysteries by my favorite authors. The problem is that I tend to read them the day that they come out and find myself waiting impatiently for the next in the series to come out. That's why I love it when I stumble upon a new series to add to my collection. This week I was fortunate enough to come across two new series. 

The first book was A Killing in Antiques by Mary Moody and was Sunday's choice for my Better World Books August book drive. This is the first book in the Lucy St. Elmo Antiques series. Lucy St. Elmo is heading to Brimfield, the largest outdoors antiques show in New England, to find treasures for her antique shop and reconnect with old friends and antiquing acquaintances. The trouble starts on the first day of the show when one of these friends is found murdered with a strip of lace and another friend is quickly fingered for the crime. Now Lucy is not only on a treasure hunt- she's also on the hunt for a killer. 

If you are a fan of Barbara Allan's Trash 'n' Treasures series or Jane Cleland's Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery series, give Mary Moody's Lucy St. Elmo Antiques series a try.

Today's book was another first in series, The Square Root of Murder (A Professor Sophie Knowles Mystery) by Ada Madison. Sophie Knowles teaches math at Henley College in Massachusetts and tries to avoid all the politics and drama that comes with the life of a college professor. Dr. Keith Appleton seems content to add to the drama whenever he can, alienating staff and students alike. When he ends up murdered there should be no shortage of suspects, but the police zero in on Sophie's assistant Rachel, who has had more than one run in with the deceased.

Now it's up to Sophie to figure out who finally had enough of Appleton's antics and decided to silent him forever. 

Lots of great characters in the one including Sophie's boyfriend Bruce, her friend Ariana and Virgil, the police officer who keeps her in the loop. It's a great new series for anyone who has enjoyed The Periodic Table Murders series which she wrote under her name Camille Minichino. She also wrote the Minature Mystery series under the name Margaret Grace.

Check out all these series at http://www.betterworldbooks.com/ where your order ships for free and helps fund library and literacy programs. They'll even donate a book to a person in need for each book you purchase through their new Book for Book program. Why order your books anywhere else?