On Borrowed Crime: A Jane Doe Book Club Mystery

By Kate Young

Book Overview

A shoe-in read for fans of Ellery Adams and Kate Carlisle, On Borrowed Crime is the first in Kate Young's new Georgia-set, sweet tea filled, Jane Doe Book Club mysteries. The Jane Doe book club enjoys guessing whodunit, but when murder happens in their midst, they discover solving crimes isn't fun and games... Lyla Moody loves her sleepy little town of Sweet Mountain, Georgia. She likes her job as receptionist for her uncle's private investigative firm, her fellow true crime obsessed Jane Doe members are the friends she's always wanted, and her parents just celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. But recently, with her best friend Melanie on vacation, and her ex-boyfriend and horrible cousin becoming an item and moving in next door to her, her idyllic life is on the fritz. The cherry on top of it all is finding Carol, a member of the club, dead and shoved into a suitcase, left at Lyla's front door. Unusual circumstances notwithstanding, with Carol's heart condition, the coroner rules Carol's death undetermined. But when they discover the suitcase belongs to Melanie, who had returned from her vacation the following morning, Sweet Mountain police begin to suspect Lyla's best friend. Determined that police are following the wrong trail, to clear her friend's name, and to not allow Carol become one of the club's studied cold cases, Lyla begins to seek out the real killer. That is, until she becomes the one sought after. Now, finding the truth could turn her into the killer's next plot twist, unless she wins the game of cat and mouse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643854623
• ISBN13: 9781643854625
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Cozy Mystery

This is a cozy mystery, and the first book in A Jane Doe Book Club Mystery series. I found that this book did not hold my attention. I did find parts of this book to be a good, but I think I had trouble with the writing style of this book. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.

Murder Mystery that will keep you guessing till the end!

Lyla and her best friend, Melanie, are a part of a book club of women in a small mountain town in Georgia. The book club calls itself the Jane Does. The club reads mystery books and each of the members thrives on solving crimes. One day one of the members turns up dead. If that is not bad enough her remains are crammed into a suitcase and put on the doorstep of Lyla’s home. This book had me guessing every step of the way through it. Just as I thought I knew who the killer was I was given another little clue making me second guess myself. I honestly was completely shocked at who had killed the jane Doe club member. This book was an exciting, entertaining, and well-written novel. I wish I had a club like the Jane Does around here to join - they seem like a fun bunch of ladies. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series - Reading Between the Crimes.