By Book or By Crook
Feb 2015 · A Lighthouse Library Mystery Book 1 · Penguin
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Get bound up in murder in the first Lighthouse Library mystery!
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....
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....
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Janice Tangen
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April 3, 2021
outer-banks, lawyers, law-enforcement, librarian, library, amateur-sleuth, family-dynamics, friendship, murder, murder-investigation, small-town***** I've read books 5-8 and was happy when I could get the very first one on sale and in audio. I would have been better off getting it in print or electronic as the narrator was a drama queen who didn't bother to research pronunciations. End of rant. I wanted to see how it all began as well as see how the characters developed. The quality of the plot has remained good as the whole thing developed and I am really pleased to recommend the author's work from beginning to current!
Mary Ann Sestric
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May 26, 2016
Excellent. Just enough characters to easily keep track of. Killer seemed obvious only after the books conclusion, not so easy to spot during the story. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
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eddy duggar
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November 30, 2019
Full of wonderful character
About the author
Eva Gates is the author of the national bestselling Lighthouse Library mysteries. She began her writing career as a Sunday writer: a single mother of three high-spirited daughters, with a full-time job as a computer programmer. Now she has more than twenty novels under her belt in the mystery genre, published under the name Vicki Delany. She lives in Ontario.
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