DELRAY BEACH, Fla.— Of all the ways Joanne Sinchuk thought her indie mystery bookstore would meet its untimely death in Delray Beach, she never imagined this literary killer: COVID-19.
Murder on the Beach, a treasured book nook since 1996 that catered to local sleuths and lovers of whodunits, crime and the corrupt underbelly of the Sunshine State, will permanently close on April 15.
The shop announced its demise on social media last week, after trying for two years to fend off a main antagonist: the persistent pandemic that kept readers at home and out of Sinchuk’s bookstore.
