In winter, the Haunted Library is a refuge for homeless townspeople. When a group purchases a vacant house to establish a daytime haven for the homeless, Carrie offers the library as a meeting place for the Haven House committee, but quickly learns that it may be used for illegal activities.
As the new Sunshine Delegate, Carrie heads to the hospital to visit her cantankerous colleague, Dorothy, who had fallen outside the local supermarket. She tells Carrie that her husband tried to kill her—and that he murdered her Aunt Evelyn, the library's resident ghost, six years earlier.
And then Dorothy is murdered—run off the road as soon as she returns to work. Evelyn implores Carrie to find her niece's killer, but that's no easy task: Dorothy had made a hobby of blackmailing her neighbors and colleagues. Carrie, Evelyn, and Smoky Joe the cat are on the case, but are the library cards stacked against them?
Allison Brook has taken a number of the Seven Deadly Sins and bound them together in a tome that is all too readable!
Winter, a time of fun for kids (and the young at heart) but not so much for the homeless of which a few have taken to heading to the library as it is somewhere warm, dry and at least they can read, use the computers etc. Which is fine when they behave but not all of them do, so when Carrie hears about a new homeless day centre that is being set up (Haven House) she gets ready to join in, after all the library can supply books, DVDs etc that are being removed from circulation and would therefore provide an outlet for the homeless to have some enjoyment. Whilst all this is starting to happen she also needs to step up and be the Sunshine Delegate for the library (the member of staff who sends cards. flowers etc in the event of serious illness, birth of a baby etc to the member of staff in question), she wasn't expecting her first injured and in hospital to be her nemesis Dorothy! However she gets some flowers and heads to the hospital only to discover that Dorothy seems scared of her husband and insists he tried to kill her. Carrie shrugs it off as being pain killer induced but a couple of weeks later Dorothy is killed by a hit and run driver, and now Dorothy's deceased Aunt Evelyn (the library ghost) want's Carrie to find out the truth, especially when it seems it is linked to her own early demise.
Read it and enjoy is my recommendation!
An Interview With A Character
What is your full name?
Carrie Singleton
What is your Profession?
Librarian. I am the head of programs and events of the Clover Ridge Library in Clover Ridge, CT.
What is your current favourite book or movie?
I LOVE to watch British mystery series on TV, Amazon Prime and Netflix. Some of my favorites are: Grantchester, Silent Witness, Blue Murder, Agatha Raisin, Midsomer Murders.
What is your go to comfort book or movie?
I reread the Golden Age of Mystery authors—Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, Dorothy Sayers and Ngaio Marsh to name a few.
If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book?
Natalie Portman
What is your ideal evening?
I love dining out with Dylan Avery, my significant other, at an Italian, Indian or Thai restaurant.
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
September 10 – I’m All About Books – CHARACTER GUEST POST
September 11 – The Power of Words – REVIEW
September 11 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
September 11 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 12 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
September 12 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
September 12 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 12 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
September 13 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
September 13 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
September 14 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
September 14 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 15 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW
September 15 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
September 16 – Nadaness In Motion – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 16 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
September 17 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
September 17 – That’s What She’s Reading – GUEST POST
September 18 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
September 18 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
September 19 – eBook addicts – REVIEW
September 19 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
September 20 – Teresa Trent Author Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 20 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
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