Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran! Today we are featuring a review of the latest entry (book 61!) in this long running mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for a print copy of the book! ENTER HERE! ⬅️

Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston

Cozy Mystery
61st in Series
Setting – Boston, Massachusetts
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (July 1, 2025)
Paperback Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593820193
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593820193
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DHWR568Q

About the Book:

Jessica Fletcher has dinner with her old pal Harry McGraw and gets pulled into a puzzling murder case.

Invited to deliver a lecture at the Boston Public Library, Jessica Fletcher excitedly makes plans to see local friends. Naturally that includes dinner at Gilhooley’s with PI Harry McGraw. Harry excitedly talks about his latest client, the CEO of Cure All Pharmaceuticals, who’s received anonymous blackmail demands and wants Harry to identify the culprit. Cookie, Gilhooley’s longtime bartender, also has something he wants to tell Jessica: he asked Harry to investigate his daughter Aileen’s boyfriend, who Cookie thinks is too slick by half, but now Harry is too wrapped up in this new case. While Jessica wonders how best to approach Aileen, the young woman stumbles into Gilhooley’s covered in blood. She just discovered her boyfriend’s corpse — and quickly becomes the chief suspect in his murder!

My Review:

I love the Murder, She Wrote book and TV series. They are perfect escapes – full of cozy details, interesting settings and a puzzling mystery that’s wrapped up neatly by the end. 

Book 61 (!) does not disappoint. I enjoyed traveling to Boston with Jessica and her good buddy Seth. I loved seeing the sights through their eyes and that Jessica got to speak at the Boston Public Library. 

The murder happens sooner in this book than others in the series, but I still felt like I got a chance to settle in with Jessica and her (and my) old friends before they took off for Boston. Jessica is always an admirable sleuth, making friends wherever she goes. This trait makes me wish I could dive into the pages of the book and travel with her. I enjoyed many of the side characters she met on her trip. 

I followed the clues, but alas I am no Jessica as I did not solve this one ahead of time. It’s a well-plotted mystery with many red herrings.  

As always, it’s lovely to see a long-time series continue on with such strength. I’ll always add a Murder, She Wrote to my reading stack and I’m so pleased that Terrie uses her writing talent to carry the banner!

About the Author:

Terrie Farley Moran is the bestselling author of the Read ‘Em and Eat cozy mystery series, including the Agatha Award-winning Well Read, Then Dead. Along with Jessica Fletcher, she co-writes the Murder She Wrote mystery series. She also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs. Terrie’s short mystery fiction has been published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and numerous anthologies. “A Killing at the Beausoleil” was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Short Story. “Inquiry and Assistance” received the Derringer Award for Best Novelette.

Author Links – Webpage, Facebook 

Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Kobo – Bookshop.org – Penguin Random House – 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

• June 30 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
• June 30 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
• July 1 – Infinite House of Books – SPOTLIGHT
• July 2 – The Mystery of Writing – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• July 3 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• July 4 – OFF
• July 5 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
• July 5 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
• July 6 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
• July 7 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW
• July 7 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• July 8 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
• July 9 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW
• July 9 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
• July 10 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW
• July 11 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
• July 11 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW  
• July 12 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
• July 12 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
• July 13 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
• July 13 – Bigreadersite – REVIEW
• July 14 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

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