During the holidays as her husband and the twins are preparing for the nutcracker, a librarian director named Amy finds herself sleuthing yet again especially this time because her brothers spouse could be in trouble. After some digging with help from her mother in law and helping Brad the Shierff, she finds out he isn’t the killer but whom is which is still on the loose. A good read to the last word!

Another great read by Victoria Gilbert! Forced into retirement Jane whom worked as a university librarian finds herself needing to still bring in money and hires on with a wealthy 30 something man who keeps to himself at his mansion to inventory all his collections. Although he was dating a self indulgent girl as he had many in the past, never let get far. Jane’s first weekend to get settled in at her apartment, he was hosting a party of which he rarely engaged in… just holds up in his room but invites his friends to enjoy. When she comes in the next morning for work finds the girlfriend dead in the library! This embarks on investigating all the suspects from a request from her boss Cam to clear his name as he one of the top suspects along with those in her family who were next in line to inherit her money.

This memoir was written by a former Carlsbad resident who was an influential educator for 50 years, very active in local theater, and had a great passion for animals. This passion got her a position on the local shelter board and well into her 90s, Mrs. Pitcaithley volunteered many hours to the Cat's Meow thrift store which helped raise money for the local shelter. I had the privilege to meet Mrs. Pitcaithley when she was in her 90s. She was there at the mall or PetSense when Mr. School dressed as Santa and posed with the pets for pictures. She autographed the copy of the book I just read and it's definitely a keeper.

Charlotte hosts a former colleague Laura and her book club as another booking fell through. This book club members were somewhat at odds with a member Stacy who was found murdered by cyanide in the garden. Charlotte and Ellen go on their sleuthing path again to figure out what happened. Great read!

Second in the series… another good read. Charlotte was hosting an author and guests who had won an one on one time with Amanda for a week at her bed and breakfast in her quaint little town located by the harbor. However, one of the guest was killed the first night, so Charlotte and her aunts friend Ellen start sleuthing to figure out the mystery all the while Ellen has an unusual “family member” staying with her.

This book is recommended by librarians from New York Public Library and is on their summer 2024 list. This cozy mystery is about a book mobile librarian and her cat who try to solve a murder in small town Michigan. Many books follow in this series known as the book mobile cat mysteries.

Was a good book. Sometimes hard to stay focused. About like a college lecture. But leaves good understanding of love.

I had missed this book in my younger days and so glad to have discovered it. Read it in one day!

Book #2 in the Book mobile cat mystery series is a fun, light read. Minnie and her cat Eddie manage to get involved in another murder mystery. I think I have found myself a fiction series to continue.

This is a the 4th book in a series of books about a Scottish bookshop mystery focusing on a bookshop called Cracked Spine in Edinburg where a librarian moved from Kansas to organize, research and inventory the bookshop for her boss Edwin. Delaney finds herself in the middle of murder wrapped around the Loch Ness monster as she prepares to marry a pub owner from down the street that she fell for. Enjoying seeing her biological family from Kansas come over for the nuptials and meet her bookshop family of about a year now, the interesting case kept her busy. This book and the rest of the series is a great read!