New York Times bestselling author Lorna Barrett is back in townβBooktown, that isβwith another page-turning mystery. This time bookstore owner Tricia Miles and her sister, Angelica, put their own problems on the shelf to catch a killer who turns a bookcase into a murder weapon.
Cranky Chamber of Commerce receptionist Betsy Dittmeyer is done reading people the riot act. After sheβs crushed by a fallen bookcase, the next item to be read is her last will and testamentβwhich is packed with surprises. It soon comes to light that Betsy was hiding volumes of dark secrets behind that perpetual frown of hersβand one of them just might have been a motive for murder.
While Tricia tries to help Angelicaβthe newly elected Chamber of Commerce president and Betsyβs bossβsolve the mystery, she discovers a hidden chapter in her own family history that rocks her to her very core. And with her ex-husband and the chief of police vying for her affections, itβs doubly hard to focus on who might have buried Betsy in a tomb of tomes.
But as Tricia and Angelica try to read between the lines, they need to watch their step-and make sure the killer doesnβt catch them between the stacks.
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