Three Can Keep a Secret
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4.2 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The library is no safe haven in this taut, tense mystery perfect for fans of Louise Penny and Elly Griffith’s Dr. Ruth Galloway series.
Greer Hogan is a librarian turned sleuth, an avid reader of crime fiction who possesses an uncanny knack for deduction—and now, she’s drawn into another murder case as late autumn slowly turns to winter in the idyllic village of Raven Hill. When Anita Hunzeker, chair of the library board of trustees, is run off the road and killed, no one seems all that sorry. Anita was widely disliked, and the townsfolk would just as soon be rid of her. But when a local professor turns up dead as well, his connection to Anita and to other local residents leaves the suspect pool covering the entire county.
Greer starts poking around, and the more she digs, the more it seems like everyone she knows is trying to hide something. When she unearths a clue in the old manor cemetery, she finally discovers the shocking truth—a cache of dark secrets stretching back decades that could rock the town to its core. Everyone who’s come close to the truth has ended up dead—and if Greer doesn’t tread lightly, she could be the next librarian to get archived for good.
Drawing nostalgic inspiration from classic girl detective mysteries, Hilliard deftly captures notes of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers in this third installment of the Greer Hogan mysteries.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Hilliard's enjoyable if at times rambling third mystery featuring widowed librarian Greer Hogan (after 2022's Shadow in the Glass), Anita Hunzeker, the ruthless chair of the Raven Hill, N.Y., library's board of trustees, dies after her car is run off the road. The victim was easily the most disliked person in town, so pinpointing the culprit proves to be a difficult task. Greer starts sleuthing after two coworkers, the youth librarian and the archivist, become suspects. In addition to unearthing Anita's blackmailing schemes, Greer learns that both Anita and her rival, Cynthia Baker of Raven Hill's historical society, were deeply interested in the work of history professor J.P. Walters. When J.P. is fatally poisoned, Greer is convinced the two murders are linked, and her superb research skills lead her to uncover decades-old secrets. The plot becomes a bit muddled as it nears the satisfying if bittersweet conclusion. Characters that readers can care about help compensate for Greer's repetitive reflections on the book's various mysteries. Fans of Elly Griffith's Ruth Galloway series will want to have a look.
