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Death Overdue (Haunted Library Mysteries #1) by Allison Brook Carrie Singleton is just about done with Clover Ridge, Connecticut until she's offered a job as the head of programs and events at the spooky local library, complete with its own librarian ghost. Her first major event is a program presented by a retired homicide detective, Al Buckley, who claims he knows who murdered Laura Foster, a much-loved part-time library aide who was bludgeoned to death fifteen years earlier. As he invites members of the audience to share stories about Laura, he suddenly keels over and dies. The medical examiner reveals that poison is what did him in and Carrie feels responsible for having surged forward with the program despite pushback from her director. Driven by guilt, Carrie's determined to discover who murdered the detective, convinced it's the same man who killed Laura all those years ago. Luckily for Carrie, she has a friendly, knowledgeable ghost by her side. But as she questions the shadows surrounding Laura's case, disturbing secrets come to light and with each step Carrie takes, she gets closer to ending up like Al. Now it's due or die for Carrie in Death Overdue the delightful first in a new cozy series by Allison Brook. Check out a copy from RPL. Check out a digital copy from Hoopla (ebook or audiobook). Check out the ebook from Libby/Overdrive. Other books in the series: 1. Death Overdue (2017) 2. Read and Gone (2018) 3. Buried in the Stacks (2019) 4. Checked Out for Murder (2020) 5. Death on the Shelf (2021)

Better Off Read (Bookmobile Mysteries #1) by Nora Page Septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins won't be shushed when an upstart young mayor threatens to permanently shelve her tiny town's storm-damaged library. She takes to her bookmobile, Words on Wheels, to collect allies and rally library support throughout Catalpa Springs, Georgia. However, Cleo soon rolls into trouble. A major benefactor known for his eccentric DIY projects requests all available books on getting away with murder. He's no Georgia peach, and Cleo wonders if she should worry about his plans. She knows she should when she discovers him bludgeoned and evidence points to her best friend, Mary-Rose Garland. Sure of Mary-Rose's innocence, Cleo applies her librarian's sleuthing skills to the case, assisted by friends, family, and the dapper antiquarian bookseller everyone keeps calling her boyfriend. Evidence stacks up, but a killer is overdue to strike again. With lives and her library on the line, Cleo must shift into high gear to close the book on murder in Better Off Read, the charming Bookmobile series debut by Nora Page. Check out a copy from RPL. Check out a digital copy from Hoopla (ebook or audiobook). Other books in the series: 1. Better Off Read (2018) 2. Read on Arrival (2019) 3. Read or Alive (2020)

A Murder for the Books (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #1) by Victoria Gilbert Fleeing a disastrous love affair, university librarian Amy Webber moves in with her aunt in a quiet, historic mountain town in Virginia. She quickly busies herself with managing a charming public library that requires all her attention with its severe lack of funds and overabundance of eccentric patrons. The last thing she needs is a new, available neighbor whose charm lures her into trouble. Dancer-turned-teacher and choreographer Richard Muir inherited the farmhouse next door from his great-uncle, Paul Dassin. But town folklore claims the house's original owner was poisoned by his wife, who was an outsider. It quickly became water under the bridge, until she vanished after her sensational 1925 murder trial. Determined to clear the name of the woman his great-uncle loved, Richard implores Amy to help him investigate the case. Amy is skeptical until their research raises questions about the culpability of the town's leading families... including her own. When inexplicable murders plunge the quiet town into chaos, Amy and Richard must crack open the books to reveal a cruel conspiracy and lay a turbulent past to rest. Check out a copy from RPL. Check out a digital copy from Hoopla (ebook or audiobook). Check out the ebook from Libby/Overdrive. Other books in the series: 1. A Murder for the Books (2017) 2. Shelved Under Murder (2018) 3. Past Due for Murder (2019) 4. Bound for Murder (2020) 5. A Deadly Edition (2020) 6. Renewed for Murder (2021)

Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks #1) Miranda James Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the good-natured librarian with a rescued Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a leash. He’s returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, but soon enough he’s entangled in a real-life thriller... A famous author of gory bestsellers and a former classmate of Charlie’s, Godfrey Priest may be the pride of Athena, but Charlie remembers him as an arrogant, manipulative jerk—and he’s not the only one. Godfrey’s homecoming as a distinguished alumnus couldn’t possibly go worse: by lunch, he’s put a man in the hospital. By dinner, Godfrey’s dead. Now it’s up to Charlie, with some help from Diesel, to paw through the town’s grudges and find the killer before an impatient deputy throws the book at the wrong person. But every last one of Charlie’s friends and co-workers had a score to settle with the nasty novelist. As if the murder wasn’t already purr-plexing enough... Check out a copy from RPL. Check out the ebook from Libby/Overdrive. Other books in this series: 1. Murder Past Due (2010) 2. Classified as Murder (2011) 3. File M for Murder (2012) 4. Out of Circulation (2013) 5. The Silence of the Library (2014) 6. Arsenic and Old Books (2015) 7. No Cats Allowed (2016) 8. Twelve Angry Librarians (2017) 9. Claws for Concern (2018) 10. Six Cats a Slayin' (2018) 11. The Pawful Truth (2019) 12. Careless Whiskers (2020) 13. Cat Me If You Can (2020) 14. What the Cat Dragged In (2021)

Books Can Be Deceiving (Library Lover's Mysteries #1) Jenn McKinlay Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey's friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children's book, but Beth's boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he's found murdered—and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast—before they throw the book at the wrong person. Check out a copy from RPL. Check out the ebook from Libby/Overdrive. 1. Books Can Be Deceiving (2011) 2. Due or Die (2012) 3. Book, Line and Sinker (2012) 4. Read It and Weep (2013) 5. On Borrowed Time (2014) 6. A Likely Story (2015) 7. Better Late Than Never (2016) 8. Death in the Stacks (2017) 9. Hitting the Books (2018) 10. Word to the Wise (2019) 11. One for the Books (2020) 12. Killer Research (2021)

Lending a Paw (Bookmobile Cat #1) Laurie Cass With the help of her rescue cat, Eddie, librarian Minnie Hamilton is driving a bookmobile based in the resort town of Chilson, Michigan. But she'd better keep both hands on the wheel, because it's going to be a bumpy ride . . . Eddie followed Minnie home one day, and now she can't seem to shake the furry little shadow. But in spite of her efforts to contain her new pal, the tabby sneaks out and trails her all the way to the bookmobile on its maiden voyage. Before she knows it, her slinky stowaway becomes her cat co-pilot! Minnie and Eddie's first day visiting readers around the county seems to pass without trouble-until Eddie darts outside at the last stop and leads her to the body of a local man who's reached his final chapter. Initially, Minnie is ready to let the police handle this case, but Eddie seems to smell a rat. Together, they'll work to find the killer-because a good librarian always knows when justice is overdue. Check out a copy from RPL. Check out the audiobook from Hoopla. Check out the ebook from Libby/Overdrive. 1. Lending a Paw (2013) 2. Tailing a Tabby (2014) 3. Borrowed Crime (2015) 4. Pouncing on Murder (2015) 5. Cat With a Clue (2016) 6. Wrong Side of the Paw (2017) 7. Booking the Crook (2019) 8. Gone with the Whisker (2020) 9. Checking Out Crime (2021)

Killer Librarian (Karen Nash #1) Mary Lou Kirwin Champion of the mystery section at a small-town Minnesota library, Karen Nash is about to embark on a dream trip to London—a literary tour inspired by every murderous intrigue, wily suspect, and ingenious crime found in the pages of the British mysteries that she devours. But she’s clueless why the love of her mid-life, Dave, would dump her hours before takeoff—until she spies him at the airport with a young honey on his arm! She decides the best revenge (for now) is to get on that plane anyway . . . and entertain schemes for Dave’s untimely demise while crossing the pond. After touching ground in the hallowed homeland of Christie, Sayers, and Peters, she checks into a cozy B & B run by charming bibliophile Caldwell Perkins. Soon she’s spilling tears in her pint at the corner pub, sharing her heartbreak saga with a stranger. That night, a B & B guest drops out of circulation—permanently. And when Dave and his cutie turn up in London, Karen realizes they are an assassin’s target. With the meticulous attention to detail that makes her a killer librarian, Karen sleuths her way through her own real-life mystery—in which library science meets the art of murder. Check out the book from RPL. 1. Killer Librarian (2012) 2. Death Overdue (2013)

By Book or By Crook (Lighthouse Library Mysteries #1) by Eva Gates For ten years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family's social whorl or her sort-of-engagement to the staid son of her father's law partner. But when her ten-year relationship implodes, Lucy realizes that the plot of her life is in need of a serious rewrite. Calling on her Aunt Ellen, Lucy hopes that a little fun in the Outer Banks sun-and some confections from her cousin Josie's bakery-will help clear her head. But her retreat quickly turns into an unexpected opportunity when Aunt Ellen gets her involved in the lighthouse library tucked away on Bodie Island. Lucy is thrilled to land a librarian job in her favorite place in the world. But when a priceless first edition Jane Austen novel is stolen and the chair of the library board is murdered, Lucy suddenly finds herself ensnared in a real-life mystery-and she's not so sure there's going to be a happy ending... Check out a digital copy from Hoopla (ebook or audiobook). 1. By Book Or By Crook (2015) 2. Booked for Trouble (2015) 3. Reading Up a Storm (2016) 4. The Spook in the Stacks (2018) 5. Something Read, Something Dead (2019) 6. Read and Buried (2019) 7. A Death Long Overdue (2020) 8. Deadly Ever After (2021)