Murder Most Trivial - A Review & Giveaway

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MURDER, SHE WROTE: MURDER MOST TRIVIAL
By Jessica Fletcher & Barbara Early
The Sixty-Third Murder, She Wrote Mystery

 

There's a new Irish themed pub in Cabot Cove, and though Jessica Fletcher is skeptical about its authenticity, she willingly joins her friends Seth Hazlitt and Maureen and Mort Metzger for opening night. The group also decides to join in the fun and compete in the pub's first trivia night. With a victory the friends not only win a pub gift certificate, they also win entry to compete in a live televised pub quiz. Deciding they're due for a vacation the foursome head to Los Angeles, staying at Jessica's niece's home which is being converted into a B&B. Amid brushing up on their trivia and sightseeing, they also have to deal with a possibly haunted house and, when a soundman keels over on the set, murder! Teaming up with her old friend, Lieutenant Caceras, Jessica, along with Seth, Mort, and Maureen will do their best to remain in the competition so they can help solve the case.

 

There are several delightful aspects to the sixty-third Murder, She Wrote Mystery. The pub quiz theme is great fun reminding me of my days on the It's Academic team in high school and playing Trivial Pursuit in college. I love how each member of the team has their strengths and they all work together. I really love the haunted B&B that while owned by Jess's relatives, is still home to an old Hollywood movie star, giving readers more nostalgia and a touch of Old Hollywood glam...and a possible ghost! And hidden treasure too!

 

Of course, the mystery is the main thing-and it's a good one. Complex with many possible suspects and motives, I enjoy how our friends investigate; channeling former television detectives, along with using Jessica Fletcher's intuition and Mort's background as Cabot Cove Sheriff. And of course, working hand in hand with local law enforcement.

 

With a penchant for puzzles Jessica Fletcher tackles both trivia and murder in MURDER, SHE WROTE: MURDER MOST TRIVIAL, a delightfully fresh addition to this long running series.  

 

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 Murder, She Wrote: Murder Most Trivial by Jessica Fletcher and Barbara Early

About Murder, She Wrote: Murder Most Trivial

Murder, She Wrote: Murder Most Trivial
Cozy Mystery 63rd in Series
Setting - Starts in Cabot Cove, Maine, but most of it takes place in and around Los Angeles.
Publisher: ‎ Berkley
Publication Date: ‎ May 12, 2026
Print Length: ‎ 320 pages

The newest delightful entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series, featuring mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher. Jessica Fletcher and friends Seth Hazlitt and Maureen and Mort Metzger team up for pub trivia and crush the competition, then are stunned to learn that the prize is a chance to appear in a five-day trivia tournament filming in LA. No one expects life-or-death stakes! But on day one of the tournament, a crew member is murdered. Who would benefit from derailing the show? Jessica has to come up with the ultimate answer. In a metafictional twist, the investigation takes Jessica and the gang to the filming locations of their favorite mystery shows, where they discuss how Columbo, Monk, or Jim Rockford might go about solving the case.

About the Authors

Jessica Fletcher is a bestselling mystery writer who has a knack for stumbling upon real-life mysteries in her various travels. Barbara Early coauthors this volume.

Barbara Early earned an engineering degree, but after four years of doing nothing but math, developed a sudden allergy to the subject and decided to choose another occupation.

Before she settled on murdering fictional people, she was a secretary, a schoolteacher, a pastor’s wife, and an amateur puppeteer. She lives in Western New York State (Go Bills!), where she enjoys cooking, crafts, classic movies and campy seventies television, board games, and spending time with her granddaughters.

Before teaming up with Jessica Fletcher, she previously wrote the Vintage Toyshop Mystery series and the Bridal Bouquet Shop Mysteries (as Beverly Allen).

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