BOOKED FOR TROUBLE is Book 2 in the Lighthouse Library
cozy mystery series by Eva Gates. Even though this is the
second book in the "Lighthouse Library" series, BOOKED
FOR TROUBLE can still be enjoyed by readers new to the
series. The murder in BOOKED FOR TROUBLE is very personal
for librarian Lucy Richardson because her visiting mother
soon becomes a suspect.
BOOKED FOR TROUBLE has all the great characters and fun
cozy mystery qualities that the previous book did, but
the family drama adds extra intensity to the story. I
like how the situation involving Lucy's mother keeps Lucy
a little off balance. In addition to the murder mystery,
Lucy finds herself wondering how well she really knows
her mother. I love stories like BOOKED FOR TROUBLE that
show another dimension to the main character. It's
amusing seeing Lucy's mother interacting with people in
Lucy's new life in the Outer Banks -- especially her
nemesis and wanna-be librarian Louise Jane McKaughnan.
With each piece of evidence that turns up, and as the
noose around Lucy's mother draws tighter, the tension
builds to a fantastic breaking point. Eva Gates creates a
marvelous balance between lighter moments and more
suspenseful ones. All of the characters in BOOKED FOR
TROUBLE are interesting, quirky, and add greatly to my
overall enjoyment of the story. The villains in this
mystery are an eclectic mix and are complex with varying
degrees of wickedness, rather than just being cookie-
cutter bad guys. Although I don't like romantic triangles
in mysteries and find them obnoxious, the one in BOOKED
FOR TROUBLE between Lucy, police officer Butch Greenblatt,
and mayor Connor McNeil doesn't bug me. Both guys are
sweeties and there is no competitive nastiness. I look
forward to seeing who Lucy eventually chooses.
BOOKED FOR TROUBLE is a gripping mystery with fascinating
characters and a satisfying ending. This is a book that
will have you staying up past your bedtime to finish. I
greatly look forward to the next book in this Lighthouse
Library series by Eva Gates!
The author of By Book or By Crook returns to the Outer Banks
and the Lighthouse Library, where Lucy Richardson must shed
light on a shocking murder…
Lucy has finally found her bliss as a librarian and resident
of the Bodie Island Lighthouse. She loves walking on the
beach, passing her evenings with the local book club,
bonding with the library cat, Charles, and enjoying the
attention of not one, but TWO eligible men. But then her
socialite mother, Suzanne, unexpectedly drops in, determined
to move Lucy back to Boston—and reunite her with her ex-fiancé.
To make matters worse, Suzanne picks a very public fight at
the local hotel with her former classmate Karen Kivas. So,
when Karen turns up dead outside the library the next
morning, Suzanne is immediately at the top of the suspect
list. Now Lucy must hunt down a dangerous killer—before the
authorities throw the book at her poor mother…
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