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When a glamorous stranger leaves behind a stack of books at the Bookish Café, Maggie Bell is certain it’s only a matter of time before their owner returns. She’s wrong. By the next morning, the woman is dead.

When Maggie discovers cash hidden inside the books, tucked between the pages, she tries to return the money to the grand Oswald estate where they were purchased. Instead, she finds herself stepping into a tangled web of family disputes, suspicious strangers, and a past that refuses to stay buried.

It quickly becomes clear that someone is willing to kill for what’s hidden in the books, and Maggie may already be in their sights. Now she must follow the story to its final chapter before she becomes part of it.

Read the 8th book in the bestselling Bookish Cafe Mysteries, a cozy mystery series with a dash of romance.

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