Death on the Shelf: A Haunted Library Mystery by Allison Brook
About Death on the Shelf
Death on the Shelf: A Haunted Library Mystery Cozy Mystery 5th in Series Publisher : Crooked Lane Books (November 9, 2021) Hardcover : 320 pages ISBN-10 : 1643857800 ISBN-13 : 978-1643857800 Digital ASIN : B08WCB3SBN
Librarian Carrie Singleton sleuths a murder at her best friend’s wedding in Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook’s fifth Haunted Library mystery.
Clover Ridge librarian Carrie Singleton is thrilled to attend her best friend Angela’s wedding, but Angela’s family can be a bit…much. Angela’s wealthy cousin Donna hosts an extravagant bridal shower at her resplendent home, but the celebrations turn to gossip as the guests notice Donna’s surgeon husband, Aiden, spending a bit too much time with Donna’s cousin Roxy. At the wedding reception, the sweet occasion turns darkly bitter when Aiden topples into the chocolate fountain–dead.
The suspect list is as long as the guest list, and as difficult to sort out as the seating chart. A few of the top contenders on Carrie’s suspect list are the flirtatious Roxy, emotionally unstable since her recent divorce; Angela’s grouchy brother, who feels Aiden betrayed him; and Roxy’s scorned ex-husband. Even Donna may have had reason to want her husband dead. And Aiden’s gossipy office manager has plenty to say about them all.
Then another member of Angela’s family is murdered, making Carrie more determined than ever to find the killer. Can library ghost Evelyn and library cat Smoky Joe help Carrie solve the murders before she becomes the next of Angela’s wedding guests to head to the grave?
About Allison Brook
Library series. DEATH OVERDUE, the first in the series, was an Agatha nominee for Best Contemporary Novel in 2018. Other mysteries include the Golden Age of Mystery Book Club series and the Twin Lakes series.
Her juvenile novel, Rufus and Magic Run Amok, was an International Reading Association-Children’s Book Council Children’s Choice. And Don’t Bring Jeremy was a nominee for six state awards.
Marilyn lives on Long Island, where many of her books take place. She loves traveling, reading, doing crossword puzzles and Sudoku, and chatting on FaceTime with her grandkids.
So glad that you are on tour I wish you many new readers. So thankful for authors like you that give print books and understand there are some that are unable to do tech such as myself with a hand that is disfigured do to RSD a disease that I have been battling for over 30+ years.
Peggy,
Thank you for your good wishes. My publisher decides what formats the book will have. My Haunted Library books and other mysteries I’ve written as Marilyn Levinson are available in audio—something I find myself preferring these days.
Peggy Clayton
So glad that you are on tour I wish you many new readers. So thankful for authors like you that give print books and understand there are some that are unable to do tech such as myself with a hand that is disfigured do to RSD a disease that I have been battling for over 30+ years.
Marilyn Levinson
Peggy,
Thank you for your comment. My books are also on audio, something I appreciate because I find myself listening to more and more books.
bn100
interesting book
Marilyn Levinson
thank you!
Bonnie
What an intriguing book! Great cover too. I love mysteries set in a library and have added this book to my tbr list.
Marilyn Levinson
Thanks, Bonnie!
Marilyn Levinson
Peggy,
Thank you for your good wishes. My publisher decides what formats the book will have. My Haunted Library books and other mysteries I’ve written as Marilyn Levinson are available in audio—something I find myself preferring these days.