By Book or by Crook

The Lighthouse Library Mysteries - Book 1

By Book or by Crook

By Eva Gates
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"[A] charming, entertaining, and smart series…[featuring] an unusual (and real) setting and colorful cast of characters that set it apart from other bookish cozies.”

Library Journal (starred review)

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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  1. Jan
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    Better in print

    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!

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