The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
Genre: Traditional Mystery
Release: March 2, 2021
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The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy’s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith’s passing.

But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy’s flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy. And each psychological thriller included a mysterious postscript: PS: for PS. When a gunman breaks into the flat to steal a book and its author is found dead shortly thereafter—Detective Kaur begins to think that perhaps there is no such thing as an unsuspicious death after all.

And then things escalate: from an Aberdeen literary festival to the streets of Edinburgh, writers are being targeted. DS Kaur embarks on a road trip across Europe and reckons with how exactly authors can think up such realistic crimes . . .

Dru’s Musing:
The author does a great job in delivering a multi-dimensional and a well-scripted novel with a quirky cast of characters in a complex web of murder and mayhem with a side of amusement that kept this reader truly invested in the outcome of this drama. The elements necessary to tell this story is explored by the four main characters and it is their breadth of information that pulls everything together creating a bonafide story that mystery lovers will embrace. I enjoyed how the author staged this tale with a few twists and turns that when I thought I had a handle on who was doing what to whom, she changed direction that made me see another path all to the betterment of how well this story was being told. With visually descriptive narrative and engaging dialogue, it gave way to making me feel like I was in the middle of all the action rooting the team along and as the story moved forward the pacing quickened, and I couldn’t put the book down until the last page was read. Bravo. An excellent story.

FTC Full Disclosure – I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.