A BOOK CLUB TO DIE FOR

A group of library lovers works to solve a murder.

Trudell Becket, an assistant librarian in quiet Cypress, South Carolina, is hiding a big secret. As part of her town’s effort to attract tech businesses, her library has gone completely online. Since she can’t bring herself to trash real books, Tru’s created a secret library in a basement storage space only a select few know about. Now she’s been invited to give a presentation at a meeting of the snobbish Arete Society book club at the home of her possible future mother-in-law, Hazel Bailey. The society—which is so insular that even Tru's pal Flossie Finnegan-Baker, an author, hasn’t been invited to join—is run with an iron fist by former soap opera star Rebecca White, who refuses to let anyone read what she considers trashy books. Hazel is known for her beautiful house and stunning dinner parties, but Rebecca’s reduced her to a trembling wreck. So when Rebecca ends up dead on her kitchen floor, Hazel is a prime suspect. Tru has built a reputation as an accomplished sleuth, but this case presents unusual challenges. Her boyfriend, Jace, a former NYPD detective who’s joined the local police, is warned off the case. Desperate to help his mother, he begs Tru to investigate. Rebecca had plenty of unseen enemies, but all the evidence points straight at Hazel, leaving Tru and her friends with their hardest test yet.

Loyalty, romance, and Southern mores are highlighted in this pleasant cozy.