A Death at the Christmas Library
May 2027 · A Lighthouse Library Mystery Book 14 · Crooked Lane Books
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In the fourteenth installment of Eva Gates's beloved series, an unexpected Christmas visit from an old friend turns deadly when a body and a stolen necklace appear in the Lighthouse Library.
Librarian Nichelle Gilcrest is preparing for a quiet Christmas at the Bodie Island Lighthouse until she receives an unwelcome visit from her old high school friend, Samantha Westenbrook. Having not seen her in almost thirty years, Samantha’s arrival comes shrouded in suspicion.
Nichelle’s tiny apartment above the library is unfit for guests, but Samantha shows no signs of leaving. Rumors from back home in Rochester soon point to the reason: Samantha is accused of embezzling funds from the foundation she and her husband Jason, a renowned artist, set up to introduce underprivileged youth to art. Eventually, Jason arrives accompanied by his agent, his PA, and his… girlfriend?
Upon Jason’s arrival, Samantha abruptly moves out, leaving behind a valuable stolen necklace. But before Nichelle can send Samantha's suitcase after her, library director Lucy McNeil discovers a body at the bottom of the lighthouse's spiral staircase.
Meanwhile, the library book club is reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle and Agatha Christie’s The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. Is it pure coincidence that both stories feature stolen jewels?
Coincidence or not, Nichelle races to connect the dots between suspected art fraud, the murder, and the necklace before a killer closes the book on her quiet Christmas.
Librarian Nichelle Gilcrest is preparing for a quiet Christmas at the Bodie Island Lighthouse until she receives an unwelcome visit from her old high school friend, Samantha Westenbrook. Having not seen her in almost thirty years, Samantha’s arrival comes shrouded in suspicion.
Nichelle’s tiny apartment above the library is unfit for guests, but Samantha shows no signs of leaving. Rumors from back home in Rochester soon point to the reason: Samantha is accused of embezzling funds from the foundation she and her husband Jason, a renowned artist, set up to introduce underprivileged youth to art. Eventually, Jason arrives accompanied by his agent, his PA, and his… girlfriend?
Upon Jason’s arrival, Samantha abruptly moves out, leaving behind a valuable stolen necklace. But before Nichelle can send Samantha's suitcase after her, library director Lucy McNeil discovers a body at the bottom of the lighthouse's spiral staircase.
Meanwhile, the library book club is reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle and Agatha Christie’s The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding. Is it pure coincidence that both stories feature stolen jewels?
Coincidence or not, Nichelle races to connect the dots between suspected art fraud, the murder, and the necklace before a killer closes the book on her quiet Christmas.
In the fourteenth installment of Eva Gates's beloved series, an unexpected Christmas visit from an old friend turns deadly when a body and a stolen necklace appear in the Lighthouse Library.
Librarian Nichelle Gilcrest is preparing for a quiet Christmas at the Bodie Island Lighthouse until she r...
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Eva Gates is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the United States. As Vicki Delany, she has written more than sixty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy.
She is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and cofounder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. She is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. Vicki lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
She is a past chair of the Crime Writers of Canada and cofounder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. She is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. Vicki lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Eva Gates is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers and a national bestseller in the United States. As Vicki Delany, she has written more than sixty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy.
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