Death on the Shelf: A Haunted Library Mystery by Allison Brook

Death on the Shelf: A Haunted Library Mystery
by Allison Brook

She weaves these elements together along with a couple of subplots and a slew of suspects to deliver a mystery that proves challenging to amateur sleuths on and off the page. Another excellent installment in this cozy series!
~Reading is my Superpower

By the time the murder is solved, Carrie has another huge decision to make at the end of the book, and readers are left with a wonderful end to a great story. I’m happy and holding on to a good balance of anticipation and gratitude for a breezy series with depth and charm. Looking forward to the next installment in 2021!
~This Is My Truth Now

I would highly recommend this book, and series, to anyone who enjoys a well-crafted cozy mystery. I think the books just keep getting better.
~MJB Reviewers

I recommend Death on the Shelf – and the entire Haunted Library series – very highly. It is such a fun, fast-moving read, and unique thanks to Carrie’s ghostly friend Evelyn
~View from the Birdhouse

Another fabulous addition to this wonderful cozy series. With the help of Evelyn, the library ghost and the library cat Smoky Joe Carrie does her best to figure things out. This makes for a very entertaining read that cozy fans are sure to absolutely love. I totally loved it so I give it 5/5 stars.
~Books a Plenty Book Reviews

DEATH ON THE SHELF is a complex mystery that proves appearances can be deceiving, love can come in many forms, and acceptance is possible.
~Cozy Up With Kathy

Death on the shelf was a great addition to the series and I am loving each book, book 6 can’t come soon enough! 4 stars.
~ebook Addicts

The mystery is intriguing and challenging. Is the murderer the disgruntled movie producer? The cuckolded wife? The disappointed mistress? Or someone else? Clues and red herrings are sprinkled freely but can you tell which is which? Death on the Shelf is great for armchair detectives like me. 5 stars!
~Diane Reviews Books

About Death on the Shelf

Death on the Shelf: A Haunted Library Mystery
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books (November 9, 2021)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1643857800
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1643857800
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08WCB3SBN

Librarian Carrie Singleton sleuths a murder at her best friend’s wedding in Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook’s fifth Haunted Library mystery.

Clover Ridge librarian Carrie Singleton is thrilled to attend her best friend Angela’s wedding, but Angela’s family can be a bit…much. Angela’s wealthy cousin Donna hosts an extravagant bridal shower at her resplendent home, but the celebrations turn to gossip as the guests notice Donna’s surgeon husband, Aiden, spending a bit too much time with Donna’s cousin Roxy. At the wedding reception, the sweet occasion turns darkly bitter when Aiden topples into the chocolate fountain–dead.

The suspect list is as long as the guest list, and as difficult to sort out as the seating chart. A few of the top contenders on Carrie’s suspect list are the flirtatious Roxy, emotionally unstable since her recent divorce; Angela’s grouchy brother, who feels Aiden betrayed him; and Roxy’s scorned ex-husband. Even Donna may have had reason to want her husband dead. And Aiden’s gossipy office manager has plenty to say about them all.

Then another member of Angela’s family is murdered, making Carrie more determined than ever to find the killer. Can library ghost Evelyn and library cat Smoky Joe help Carrie solve the murders before she becomes the next of Angela’s wedding guests to head to the grave?

About Allison Brook

Library series. DEATH OVERDUE, the first in the series, was an Agatha nominee for Best Contemporary Novel in 2018. Other mysteries include the Golden Age of Mystery Book Club series and the Twin Lakes series.

Her juvenile novel, Rufus and Magic Run Amok, was an International Reading Association-Children’s Book Council Children’s Choice. And Don’t Bring Jeremy was a nominee for six state awards.

Marilyn lives on Long Island, where many of her books take place. She loves traveling, reading, doing crossword puzzles and Sudoku, and chatting on FaceTime with her grandkids.

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