Death in the Bookshop
In this atmospheric mystery, June Hollis proves that the most lethal secrets are often hidden in plain sight—right between the pages of a bestseller.
Mara Ellison came to Larkspur Cove for a fresh start— not a murder investigation.
After leaving a scandal behind in the publishing world, Mara settles into the foggy lakeside town of Larkspur Cove with her cozy bookshop and her clever rescue dog, Pepper.
But during the town’s lively Spring Book Stroll festival, a powerful real-estate developer is found dead in the library archives.
The police call it an accident.
Mara calls it a badly written story.
With suspects piling up —including Mayor Deirdre Shaw, an ambitious mayor and Reid Hargrove, a charming cousin eager to inherit—Mara can’t resist unraveling the puzzle.
But when anonymous threats start arriving and evidence mysteriously appears that could make her the prime suspect, Detective Cole Mercer warns Mara to stay out of the investigation.
But Mara can’t ignore a mystery that refuses to stay shelved.
And in Larkspur Cove, someone is ready to close the book on her permanently.
“There is something inherently dangerous—and utterly delightful—about a mystery that unfolds between the stacks of a local bookstore. June Hollis has a gift for making you feel the dust on the shelves and the tension in the air. As a writer, I’m always a sucker for a story where the books themselves might hold the key to the crime!”
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