READ AND GONE
Book 1 in the Haunted Library Mysteries
by Allison Brook
Twenty million dollars’ worth of missing gems bring Carrie Singleton’s long-lost and larcenous dad back into her life and it’s up to Carrie to clear his name.
A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn’t know since her dad Jim’s been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help him recover his half of a twenty-million-dollar gem heist he pulled off with the local jeweler, Benton Parr. When she refuses, Jim takes off again.
Carrie finds her father again behind bars for the recent murder of Benton Parr. Who made the connection? Unbeknownst to her, Carrie’s boyfriend Dylan, an insurance investigator, has been searching for the gems. Determined to find the jewels herself, she starts examining every facet of Parr’s life. She turns up a treasure trove of suspects, one of whom bashes her on the head as she’s searching the victim’s country cabin.
Retreating to the quiet confines of the library where she works, Carrie watches as Smokey Joe, the resident cat, paws at a hole in the wall. Is he after the library’s ghost Evelyn, or something shinier? The second charming Haunted Library mystery by Allison Brook.
A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn’t know since her dad Jim’s been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help him recover his half of a twenty-million-dollar gem heist he pulled off with the local jeweler, Benton Parr. When she refuses, Jim takes off again.
Carrie finds her father again behind bars for the recent murder of Benton Parr. Who made the connection? Unbeknownst to her, Carrie’s boyfriend Dylan, an insurance investigator, has been searching for the gems. Determined to find the jewels herself, she starts examining every facet of Parr’s life. She turns up a treasure trove of suspects, one of whom bashes her on the head as she’s searching the victim’s country cabin.
Retreating to the quiet confines of the library where she works, Carrie watches as Smokey Joe, the resident cat, paws at a hole in the wall. Is he after the library’s ghost Evelyn, or something shinier? The second charming Haunted Library mystery by Allison Brook.
After
reading the first book in the Haunted Library Mysteries, DEATH OVERDUE, I was
ready to move on to the next book in the series. Well, it took a year of
waiting, but finally I got to read, READ AND GONE. And once I started reading,
it was no time at all before is was read and gone 😉. It so was
completely worth the wait.
It
was great to be back in Clover Ridge with protagonist, Carrie Singleton, her
aunt and uncle (I adore them), and of course Smokey Joe, and resident library
ghost, Evelyn. Author Allison Brook brings such life to her characters, that I
feel like a truly know them.
As
for the story, mystery, mayhem, and murders (yes, plural!), as well as family
drama is what you’ll find between the covers of READ AND GONE. A wonderful whodunit
with so many surprises I found myself catching my breath on more than one occasion.
Ms. Brook had me on the edge of my recliner by the last couple of chapters.
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Thanks, Lisa. Happy Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. Definitely one I'd love to read.
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