I
enjoyed this cozy mystery. It is the first one I've read in this
series but found it enjoyable without having read the previous books.
Lucy is a likable heroine. A librarian, she has good instincts and a
desire to know the truth. When a murder occurs during her boss's
reunion of college classmates, Lucy is on the case. I like her
procedure of doggedly pursuing leads.
Perhaps
the most interesting aspect of this cozy mystery was the setting, a
library in a lighthouse. While there is a real working Bodie Island
Lighthouse on the outer banks of North Carolina, Gates says it is not
large enough to house a library so she imagined one that was.
This is
a fun mystery with some entertaining and quirky characters, a good
amateur sleuth, a fun setting, and just a hint of romance.
My
rating: 4/5 stars.
Eva
Gates is a national bestselling author who began her writing career
as a Sunday writer: a single mother of three high-spirited daughters,
with a full time job as a computer programmer. She has now written
more than twenty novels, some under the Vicki Delany name. She lives
in Ontario. You can find out more at
https://www.lighthouselibrarymysteries.com/
and http://vickidelany.com/.
Crooked
Lane Books, 372 pages.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My
comments are an independent and honest review.
(My
star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it,
1-I hate it.)
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