Book Club Discussion Questions and Guide for The Plot Is Murder (Mystery Bookshop) by V.M. Burns

1. After Samantha Washington's husband dies, she realizes life is short and decides to live out her dream. Would you give up everything to pursue a dream?
2. Owning a mystery bookstore was one of Sam's dream. What's one of yours?
3. Sam's grandmother, Nana Jo, got her started reading mysteries. Who introduced you to your first mystery?
4. What character do you like most?
5. Do you think anything would have changed if Sam had opened the door and admitted Parker the night he died?
6. How do you feel about 'the girls'?
7. What do you think of Sam's two dogs, Snickers and Oreo?
8. Sam's other dream was to write a British historic cozy mystery. How do you feel about the story within a story?
9. What do you feel about the relationship between the Marsh sisters, Lady Daphne and Lady Penelope?
10. What similarities, if any, did you see between Lady Elizabeth and Samantha?

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