Part of Blue Ridge Library Mysteries
First published 2020
Amy Webber should be focused on her wedding preparations, but instead she's staring at a corpse. The Taylorsford library director and her fiancé Richard Muir discover art dealer Oscar Selvaggio's body at their own engagement celebration. Oscar had been locked in a bitter competition with their host Kurt Kendrick over a rare William Morris Kelmscott Press volume. The police zero in on Kurt as their prime suspect. Amy refuses to believe Kurt committed murder, despite knowing he harbors dark secrets. She launches her own investigation with help from her aunt Lydia Talbot and new mayor Sunny Fields. Meanwhile, Lydia's boyfriend Hugh Chen grows convinced of Kurt's guilt and starts his own inquiry. As Amy digs deeper into the case, the danger escalates. She must solve the murder before her wedding day arrives, but the investigation threatens both her upcoming marriage and her life. The fifth Blue Ridge Library mystery tests Amy's detective skills against her most personal case yet.
Genres: mystery, crime, adult, adult-fiction, detective
Vibes: atmospheric, engaging, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, found-family, wedding-backdrop
Setting: Taylorsford, Blue Ridge Library
Period: contemporary
359 pages · Hardcover · Crooked Lane Books
Content warnings: death, murder