All My Bones: An Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery

By P. J. Nelson

Madeline Brimley, new owner of a bookstore in a small Georgia town, finds herself playing sleuth when a friend is charged with the murder of a much-disliked woman.

Madeline Brimley recently inherited a bookstore in Enigma, Georgia, is embarking on her second career, after her first one (acting) founders upon the metaphorical rocks. Settling in, Madeline recruits her friend Gloria Coleman, the local Episcopal priest, to help her plant azaleas in the front yard of the old Victorian that houses the bookstore. Turning the soil, however, uncovers the body of one Beatrice Glassie, a troublesome woman who has been missing for the past six months.

When her friend Gloria is arrested for the murder, Madeline is determined to prove her innocence and, as she quickly finds out, there aren't many people in town who hadn't wanted to kill Bea Glassie at one point or another. And the very expensive and rare first edition of a particular volume of Grimm's Fairy Tales--ordered by the victim and her sister is somehow tied to the grim death. With the help of her not-quite-boyfriend, a local lawman, and her deceased aunt's best friend, Madeline plans to set a trap to catch the real murderer--before she becomes the next victim.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 125090997X
• ISBN13: 9781250909978
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Laughed my sox off

Retired actor Madeline and the local Anglican priest were digging up the mess that had once been the front garden of the bookstore when they came upon a skeleton of a murdered woman. Turns out that it belonged to a wealthy elder of the community. So, of course, the rather batty and equally disliked sister of the deceased insisted that it was the cleric who had done the deed while everyone in the community thought she was out of the country. Madeline really got steamed when the state police put the cleric in custody, so it was soon decided that a few likeminded friends would investigate and find the real murderer. The characters are great fun and the basic plot is sneaky with its twists and hilarious one liners. Even better than book one! I requested and received a temporary unedited digital galley from St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Pub Date Dec 02, 2025 **** #bookbub #goodreads #storygraph #librarything #AllMyBones by P. J. Nelson #OldJuniperBookshopMysteriesBk2 @stmartinspress @minotaur_books #bookseller #localhistory #witty #georgia #localcops #FBI #southernmystery #cozyfiction, #rural #friends #secrets #lies #smalltown #murder #suspense