Dewey Decimated
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Librarian Carrie Singleton is back on the case, alongside library ghost Evelyn, in the sixth installment of Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook’s Haunted Library mysteries.
Carrie Singleton is just off a hot string of murder cases centered around the spooky local library in Clover Ridge, Connecticut. She could really use a break—but no such luck, as she; Smoky Joe, the resident cat; and Evelyn, the library’s ghost, are drawn into another tantalizing whodunit.
First, a dead body is found in the basement of the building attached to the library, and it turns out to be Carrie’s fiancé’s Uncle Alec, who Dylan hasn’t seen in years. But Alec has no intention of truly checking out, and his ghost makes itself at home in the library, greatly upsetting the patrons. Carrie and Evelyn work hard to keep Alec out of sight, but what was he doing in Clover Ridge to begin with? And why was he killed?
Meanwhile, the town council, of which Carrie is also a member, is embroiled in a hot-headed debate over the fate of the Seabrook Preserve, a lovely and valuable piece of property that runs along Long Island Sound. Turn it into an upscale park? Sell it to a condo developer? Or keep it as protected land?
As the dispute rages, there’s another murder, this time involving a council member. Could the two murders be connected? And could Carrie be next on the hit list?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The discovery of the remains of an unidentified man at a construction site next door to the Clover Ridge, Conn., library drives Agatha finalist Brook's enjoyable sixth Haunted Library mystery (after 2021's Death on the Shelf). Hotshot TV reporter Julie Theron tries to draw Carrie Singleton, the library's head of programs and events, into her investigation of the unknown man. Carrie, however, has enough on her plate as a member of the town council debating the use of a valuable piece of land. Eventually, the body is identified as that of Alec Dunmore, the long-lost uncle of Carrie's fiancé, Dylan. Alec's ghost takes up residence in the library, where sympathetic Carrie and her ghost friend, Evelyn Havers, feel compelled to help sort out his mysterious past and figure out who killed him. Another murder, of a town council member, raises the stakes. Brook makes subtle and strategic use of the ghost trope without diminishing Carrie's sleuthing skills, and how the two murders are related remains a tantalizing puzzle. Fans of paranormal cozies will be well satisfied.
