The French Bookshop Murder is the first book in a new destination cozy mystery series by Greg Mosse. Released 18th Sept 2025 by Hachette on their Hodder & Stoughton imprint, it's 323 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.
There's a large cast here and the sheer volume is a bit unwieldy in places. That being said, there's an absolutely irresistible allure when authors combine village life, cozy plots, books, and quirky secondary characters. This is a book for lovers of cozy crime, but with the understanding that the plotting is glacial in places and alternates with choppy PoV shifts and a battalion of secondary characters.
The denouement and resolution are self contained in this volume. Definitely better in the setting and descriptions (a strong part of the book) and atmospheric French, and much less so in the characterizations and interactions which are often disjointed and staccato.
Three stars. It would potentially be a good lazy weekend vacation read or possibly a buddy read. Second book is due out from the same publisher in June 2026. (and it will also be available on Kindle Unlimited).
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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