Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Mayhem in Circulation: A Larkspur Library Mystery by Leah Dobrinska! Today we are featuring a review of the second book in this cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! It’s a great way to add books to your TBR! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for one signed copy of both Mayhem In Circulation and Death Checked Out (the first book in the series) as well as a Larkspur Library canvas tote bag. (Open to U.S. only.)

Mayhem in Circulation: A Larkspur Library Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Wisconsin
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books (December 5, 2023)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 262 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1685124550
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1685124557
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CFWCJ92S

Mayhem in Circulation is book two in Leah Dobrinska’s cozy Larkspur Library Mystery series and I gobbled up this five star read in a day! This can be read as a standalone, but I encourage readers to be sure to grab book one – Death Checked Out. I listened to that back in the fall and adored it, and dare I say, I liked book two even more. 

Library Director Greta Plank is busy helping the town of Larkspur, Wisconsin prepare for the Fall Festival and a visit from a travel reporter from Midwest News. It’s a lot of work but all is going well until the town is hit by a series of vandalism, followed closely behind by the murder of the town’s mayor. Being the go-getter sleuth that she is, Greta just can’t help but get involved, along with the help of her librarian best friends Iris and Josie.  

I love the cozy town of Larkspur, especially with the atmospheric fall descriptions. I wish so much I could pop into Mugs & Hugs for a hot beverage and a yummy treat, before heading into the library to find my latest read. Greta is an endearing, determined character and her friendships with Iris and Josie are fun to read about. There’s a great mix of humor and suspense in this cozy mystery, and also a little bit of romance when you consider Greta’s “friendship” with Detective McHenry and Josie’s with Ed Kennedy. 

The mystery is solid and there are some serious twists that had my mouth hanging open and my hands clutching my kindle! There is one scene (no spoilers) that had me sitting straight up on the couch. I absolutely cannot wait to read book three in this series, as this was such a stellar treat! 

About the Book:

Librarian Greta Plank is hard at work planning and preparing for Larkspur’s Fall Festival and regional tourism showcase which, if successful, will be a boon to the local economy. But disaster strikes and chances of a positive review look slimmer than a periodical’s spine when a series of pranks escalates and one of Larkspur’s own is found dead the same day the reporter is set to arrive.

Desperate to defend her town’s character and get to the bottom of the circulating mayhem, Greta begins indexing suspects. Could the crimes be an outside job, undertaken by someone intent on harming the town’s reputation? Or is someone closer to home trying to ruin Larkspur from the inside?

With destruction of property, sabotage, and strange animal mishaps piling up on top of murder, Greta wouldn’t recommend this ‘choose your own (disastrous) adventure’ to anyone. In the end, she must decide who she can trust so she can close the book on these crimes before the shadowy vandal authors another kill.

About the Author:

Leah Dobrinska is the author of the Fall In Love romcom series, the Larkspur Library Mysteries, a cozy mystery series set in the Wisconsin Northwoods, and the Mapleton novels, a series of award-winning standalone small town romances. She earned her degree in English Literature from UW-Madison where she was awarded the Dean’s Prize and served as a Writing Fellow. She has since worked as a freelance writer, editor, and content marketer. As a kid, she hoped to grow up to be either Nancy Drew or Elizabeth Bennet. Now, she fulfills that dream by writing mysteries and love stories.

A sucker for a good sentence, a happy ending, and the smell of books—both old and new—Leah lives out her very own happily ever after in a small Wisconsin town with her husband and their gaggle of kids. When she’s not writing, handing out snacks, or visiting the local library, Leah enjoys reading and running. Find out more about Leah, join her newsletter community, and connect with her through her website, leahdobrinska.com

Author Links:

Website: https://leahdobrinska.com/

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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/leahdobrinska

Purchase Links:

Amazon – B&N – Bookshop.org – Kobo

TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

• March 20 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
• March 20 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT
• March 20 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST
• March 21 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
• March 21 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
• March 21 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
• March 21 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
• March 22 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
• March 22 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
• March 22 – Review Thick And Thin – REVIEW
• March 22 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• March 23 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
• March 23 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
• March 23 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
• March 24 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading – REVIEW
• March 24 – Teatime and Books – SPOTLIGHT
• March 24 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
• March 25 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
• March 25 – Storybook Lady – REVIEW
• March 25 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
• March 26 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• March 26 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• March 26 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – SPOTLIGHT

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