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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

A Fatal Chapter by Lorna Barrett

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A FATAL CHAPTER
By: Lorna Barrett

Booktown #9
Berkley
June 2015
On Sale: June 2, 2015
304 pages
ISBN: 0425252663
EAN: 9780425252666
Kindle: B00OQS4E40
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Mystery Cozy

New York Times bestselling author Lorna Barrett presents another page-turning chapter in her Booktown Mystery series. This time mystery bookshop owner Tricia Miles is about to find out murder is no walk in the park…

While out walking Sarge, her sister’s bichon frise, Tricia is led by the agitated dog to a man lying in a gazebo. She’s startled when she recognizes Pete Renquist, the president of the Stoneham Historical Society, who appears to be suffering from cardiac arrest. When Pete later dies in the hospital, the discovery of a suspicious bruise and a puncture mark on his arm suggests he may have been murdered.

Haunted by Pete’s enigmatic last words to her, Tricia begins to consider who had a motive to kill her friend. Did Pete take his flirting too far, only to have a jealous husband teach him a lesson? Or did he discover something in the town’s historical records that his killer wanted kept secret? Tricia is determined to get to the bottom of things before someone else becomes history…

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Booktown

Murder Is Binding
MURDER IS BINDING
#1.0 β€’ April 2008
Bookmarked For Death
BOOKMARKED FOR DEATH
#2.0 β€’ February 2009
Bookplate Special
BOOKPLATE SPECIAL
#3.0 β€’ November 2009
Chapter And Hearse
CHAPTER AND HEARSE
#4.0 β€’ August 2010
Sentenced To Death
SENTENCED TO DEATH
#5.0 β€’ June 2011
Murder On The Half Shelf
MURDER ON THE HALF SHELF
#6.0 β€’ July 2012
Not The Killing Type
NOT THE KILLING TYPE
#7.0 β€’ July 2013
A Fatal Chapter
A FATAL CHAPTER
#9.0 β€’ June 2015
A Just Clause
A JUST CLAUSE
#11.0 β€’ June 2017
Poisoned Pages
POISONED PAGES
#12.0 β€’ July 2018
A Killer Edition
A KILLER EDITION
#13.0 β€’ August 2019
Handbook for Homicide
HANDBOOK FOR HOMICIDE
#14.0 β€’ August 2020
A Deadly Deletion
A DEADLY DELETION
#15.0 β€’ August 2021
Clause of Death
CLAUSE OF DEATH
#16.0 β€’ June 2022
A Questionable Character
A QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER
#17.0 β€’ August 2023
A Controversial Cover
A CONTROVERSIAL COVER
#18.0 β€’ July 2024
A Perilous Plot
A PERILOUS PLOT
#19.0 β€’ October 2025
A Perilous Plot
A PERILOUS PLOT
#19.0 β€’ August 2026

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