A Crime in 5C by Eryn Scott [Review]

A Crime in 5C (A Murder at the Morrisey #4) by Eryn Scott
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: November 14, 2024

A Murder at the Morrisey
1. A Body in 3B
2. A Secret Staircase
3. A Poisoned Package
4. A Crime in 5C - Paperback | Kindle
5. A Bullet in the Basement

Eryn Scott
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Meg Dawson’s world is turned upside down when her Aunt Penny makes a surprise appearance at the Seattle apartment building she once called home. But beneath Penny's visit lies a mystery that could rock the very foundations of the Morrisey community.

During her visit, Penny breathes new life into the beloved Morrisey Masterpiece Classic, an annual building scavenger hunt. Tensions soar and rivalries ignite among the residents, including Meg and Laurie. But what starts as a friendly competition soon takes a dark turn when apartment 5C is ransacked and a body is discovered. Suddenly, the scavenger hunt transforms into a deadly game of cat and mouse, with Meg and her neighbors unwittingly caught in the crosshairs. As the stakes rise and suspicions mount, they must band together to uncover the truth before it's too late. Only one question Who will emerge unscathed from this twisted tale of intrigue and betrayal.

Thoughts on A Crime in 5C: We're back at the Morrisey with Meg and her gloriously eccentric neighbors and the group is competing (against one another) in a building-wide (and city-wide, for those who make it through the first round eliminations) scavenger hunt. While this all seems fine and dandy on the surface, there are TENSIONS underneath. Not because of the scavenger hunt (which does bring out some extreme competitiveness in certain residents), but because the building itself might be in danger of being sold.

Let's just say that Penny's arrival back in town has more to do with the death of the previous owner than it did about the scavenger hunt and leave it at that.

Except, WHOOPS, there's also a little case of murder Meg has to deal with. In other words, not only is Meg trying to win the scavenger hunt, she's also trying to suss out why her Aunt Penny is REALLY in town, and she's trying to figure out who committed a crime. That part of the investigation takes her into the high stakes world of fashion and lets her team up with Laurie (as opposed to working against him in the hunt).

A little danger, fashion, an INTENSE scavenger hunt, and Meg doing what she does best. Which is bringing wrongs to right, I guess. I mean, she's also pretty good at painting and figuring out obscure clues, so maybe solving crime is only ONE of the things she does best. Either way... *thumbs up*