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Booked for Trouble

Lighthouse Library Mystery Series #2

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Booked for Trouble

By: Eva Gates
Narrated by: Elise Arsenault
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Lucy has finally found her bliss as a librarian and resident of the Bodie Island Lighthouse. She loves walking on the beach; passing her evenings with the local book club; bonding with the library cat, Charles; and enjoying the attention of not one but two eligible men.

But then her socialite mother, Suzanne, unexpectedly drops in, determined to move Lucy back to Boston and reunite her with her ex-fiancé. To make matters worse, Suzanne picks a very public fight at the local hotel with her former classmate, Karen Kivas. So, when Karen turns up dead outside the library the next morning, Suzanne is immediately at the top of the suspect list. Now Lucy must hunt down a dangerous killer before the authorities throw the book at her poor mother.

©2015 Penguin Random House LLC (P)2016 Tantor Cozy Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Feel-Good
Engaging Mystery • Vivid Writing • Great Performance • Well-rounded Characters • Well-developed Plot
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This second entry in the Lighthouse Library series is even better than the first. I look forward to new entries, which I hope will be numerous.

Delightful series

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This was an entertaining cozy mystery book. I enjoyed the characters and mystery. I look forward to the next book.

Great book

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I never saw that ending coming! love the characters and the narration. this is a great cozy mystery series!

love this series

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Elise gives a great performance. Eva Gates writes so vividly. She makes me feel like I’m on vacation, right there in the book.

Great who done-it

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A well-done cozy. The location is interesting. The plot is clear and well-developed. The writing is pretty good. The narrator continues to mush the ending of words, and if it's an attempt at the softer Southern dialect, it's not working. Also, the narrator mispronounces some, e.g., enveloped is not about an envelope one uses for mail, so it is pronounced en-VEL, etc - yes, it is picky, but it is distracting and pulls one from the story. Has romance but no descriptions of sex. It has murder but no blow-by-blow descriptions of violence or blood and guts because it is about the mystery, not the crime. I really like the cat. Well-rounded characters. There is nothing cardboard about the plot or characters. It fulfills all the requirements of a properly good cozy for adults who like to read a mystery without delving into complex, sordid details and appreciate good writing.

Reminds me of Murder She Wrote. Like!

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Main character reminded me of a rug, just pathetic to let EVERYONE walk all over you!

Readers voice not meant for this profession

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A great read. The story kept my interest all the way to the end. I would recommend to anyone who likes a surprise ending.

A great read

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i enjoy this series, even though I've never kmown a cat as appealing as Charles, the library cat in these stories. There were a lot of red herring suspects in this episod, and a surprising villain.

Clever Ending

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All the elements of a great cozy. Perfect setting, fun characters and entertaining mystery. I've already purchased book number 3.

Excellent cozy!

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. Overall the book was entertaining. Until the last minute when the narrator mispronounced Mallorca! She pronounced the L. This is an irritant with orated books.

Mispronunciation!

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