Rain Wilmot runs the Lakeside Library out of her grandfather’s old log cabin in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin. She’s ready to restart a biweekly summer book club, but she doesn’t realize the first meeting will give a killer the idea of how to poison a fellow member in the third Lakeside Library Mystery, READ TO DEATH AT THE LAKESIDE LIBRARY.

After the first book club meeting and discussion of Agatha Christie’s Sparkling Cyanide, member Lily Redlin is found dead in her home. The evidence points to poison and two wine glasses indicate someone was with Lily before her death. Lily had recently been dealing with several things. She had been hinting at holding a former classmate responsible for a tragic boat accident that occurred when she was in high school. Would someone kill to avoid prosecution? Lily was also rumored to have obtained an unpublished and valuable Laura Ingalls Wilder manuscript. Was greed the motive? And lastly, Lily had received a letter regarding an inheritance from a long-lost relative. Lily questioned the validity of the inheritance since she never met the man. Did someone else want to inherit the valuable estate? With so many questions swirling and motives being discovered, Rain and her friend Julia Reynolds must follow the clues and track down the truth. The duo also needs to make sure they don’t tick off Julia’s brother, Jace Lowe, who is a law enforcement officer. Jace is quite fond of Rain, but tampering with a crime scene may just be too much. Can a reenactment of the first book club meeting flush out a killer? Or will the killer be the one to write the final chapter of this mystery?

READ TO DEATH AT THE LAKESIDE LIBRARY is a delightful mystery that uses an Agatha Christie novel in its plot and presents readers with a plethora of motives and suspects. The mystery twists and turns and includes many interesting elements - a book club meeting, a tragic boat accident, a mysterious Laura Ingalls Wilder manuscript, an intriguing inheritance, a secret room, an incriminating cassette, an old boat, storms, and a harrowing fire. Rain is a smart young woman who was widowed very young. She is dealing with her loss and forging ahead with a new love interest. Her crime-solving antics involve her best friend, Julia, and the two find themselves in precarious situations at every turn. Smart plotting, solid writing, an idyllic lakeside setting, and a clever book tie-in make this cozy mystery a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read. Cocktail and food recipes included!