Murder at the Lakeside Library
A Lakeside Library Mystery
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
A bookish cozy mystery debut full of “rekindled friendships, family secrets, a twisty mystery, and a hint of romance” (Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library mysteries)
When a body turns up near Rain Wilmot’s rustic Wisconsin cabin, she must discover the killer—before the book closes on her life.
Rain Wilmot has just returned to her family’s waterfront log cabin in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin after the untimely death of her husband. The cabin is peaceful compared to Rain’s corporate job and comes with an informal library that Rain’s mother, Willow, used to run. But as Rain prepares for the re-opening of the library, all hopes for a peaceful life are shattered when she discovers the body of Thornton Hughes, a real estate buyer, on the premises.
The community of Lofty Pines starts pointing fingers at Willow, since she has been unusually absent from the library this summer. A fishy rumor surfaces when Rain learns that Willow had been spending a lot of time with Thornton. The town even thought they were having an affair.
While theories swirl about Thornton's death, Rain takes it upon herself to solve the case to exonerate her mother. As more clues surface, Rain will have to piece together the mystery. But if she isn't careful, she may be the next to end up dead in the water in Murder at the Lakeside Library, the first in Holly Danvers’ new Lakeside Library mysteries.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Shortly before Memorial Day, Rain Wilmot, the protagonist of this run-of-the-mill series launch from Danvers (the Handcrafted Mysteries as Holly Quinn), arrives at her family's lakefront cabin in Lofty Pines, Wis., where she runs into Julia, a childhood friend she hasn't seen in several years. The original portion of the cabin, built by Rain's great-grandfather, now serves as the community's summer library, which Rain's mother, Willow, has always run, but since Willow may not visit until Labor Day, Julia pressures Rain to open it for the season. Later that same day, the library treasurer discovers the body of Thornton Hughes lying behind the cabin's outhouse. Rain doesn't know the victim, but Julia's police officer brother tells Rain that Willow and Thornton, a wealthy developer seeking to buy the town campground, were rumored to be having an affair. To save her mother's good name, Rain decides to help investigate the murder. Rain is too easily pushed around by Julia, and the sleuthing largely consists of flimsy clues and a few "aha" moments. Cozy fans will hope Rain shows more spine next time.
Customer Reviews
An entertaining cozy mystery
We join Rain as she sets out to her family cabin to seek solace after the death of her husband. When she discovers Thornton dead it begins to look like she might lose her mother Willow too, but this time to prison. She can’t accept that her mother could be guilty of murder, so she plunges herself in to solving the mystery. But is she on the right track and what will it cost her?
A summer cozy mystery was just what I needed whilst in the middle of Winter in Australia. I was able to imagine myself lying out in the sun by the lake with my iced tea watching the story unfold before my eyes. I throughly enjoyed this mystery and its outcome.
Murder at the Lakeside Library is another super fun read in the cozy mystery genre. A well plotted story with a great cast of characters, it can be quite repetitive and over descriptive at times but, I was easily able to overlook this and it was still enjoyable all the same.