To the Tome of Murder (Bookstore Mystery, #7)

by Lauren Elliott

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Three weeks before Thanksgiving, bookshop owner Addie Greyborne already has a full plate—and a killer on her case...
 
Addie’s determined to turn a seemingly ordinary November in coastal Greyborne Harbor into one for the books. The windows of her shop display carefully curated works by American writers, including a rare selection of traditional holiday recipes from the influential 19th-century publication Godey’s Ladies Magazine. And then there’s the town’s Civil War-era themed cooking and baking competition, with a hefty cash prize and free publicity going to the winning dish...
 
But when she finds her cousin’s boyfriend murdered, a stunned Addie reluctantly realizes she may be the only person who can blow the cover off a grisly crime. With so many unanswered questions surrounding the victim’s death, Addie must figure out the strange connection between a mysterious vintage briefcase, the disappearance of a first edition copy of Sarah Josepha Hale’s famous nursery rhyme, “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” and a dangerously well-read culprit...

 
  • ISBN10 1496735129
  • ISBN13 9781496735126
  • Publish Date 26 October 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Kensington