Tap cover to enlarge

Read or Alive

Published
Jul 2020
Main Genre
Amateur Sleuth Amateur Sleuth
Rating
Pages
320

About This Book

A match-made in cozy heaven for fans of Jenn McKinlay, Kate Carlisle, and book lovers everywhere, Nora Page's third Bookmobile mystery will (book)worm its way into your heart.

Wrongful accusations have librarian Cleo Watkins and her loved ones booked for trouble.

It's springtime and septuagenarian librarian Cleo Watkins is celebrating new blooms and old books. To her delight, the Georgia Antiquarian Book Society has brought its annual fair to Catalpa Springs in honor of Cleo's gentleman friend, respected antiquarian bookseller and restorer, Henry Lafayette. However, trouble rolls in with the fair when a flirtatious book scout makes the rounds, charming locals out of prized books.

Among the conned is Cleo's cousin, Dot, who handed over a signed, first edition of Gone With the Wind. With no proof the scout took the valuable book, Dot is at a loss. And when the deceitful man is found murdered the very next morning, Dot becomes a prime suspect. To Cleo's dismay, so is Henry. The scene of the crime is behind Henry's shop and his bookbinding tool is the murder weapon. As evidence stacks up against Henry, the police aren't alone in questioning his innocence. Even friends and family ask Cleo how well she truly knows her gentleman friend.

Although books are at the heart of the crimes, Cleo feels dizzyingly out of her depths. Someone is setting up the people she holds dearest. With the authorities on the wrong trail, Cleo has no choice but to catalog the evidence herself. Along with her trusty bookmobile cat Rhett Butler, it will be up to Cleo to book the real killer for good.

Series Placement

Genres & Themes

Genres

Buy This Book

Formats & Editions

Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

Hardcover

Hardcover edition cover
Hardcover
First Edition Jul 2020 Crooked Lane Books ISBN 1643853015
Buy

eBook

eBook edition cover
eBook
Capstone ISBN B075742N8X
Buy
eBook edition cover
eBook
May 2020 CROOKED LANE BOOKS ISBN 1643853228
Buy
eBook edition cover
eBook
May 2020 Crooked Lane Books ISBN B07WJF4FP5
Buy

Audio

Audio edition cover
Audible
May 2020 Blackstone Publishing ISBN B082WMYSX7
Buy
Audio edition cover
Audio CD
Aug 2020 Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN 1094136220
Buy