Death at the Book Club: a Bewitching Cozy Murder Mystery with Ghostly Twist

Cleo Marchmont has nearly got used to the ghost. She has almost made peace with the cat. She was not prepared for the body in the wing-back chair.Hester Lockwood ran the book club the way she ran her literary agency: by knowing everyone's secrets. She dies after the September meeting. The doctor says her heart. The relief in the room is general.Cleo says nothing. She is looking at the book in the dead woman's lap.No bookplate. Wrong edition. Not the copy Hester came in with.A celebrated scholar. A novelist she dropped. A dealer who would rather not discuss provenance. One of them took what Hester had tucked inside that book.The file is closed. The suspects are grieving beautifully. The next book club is in three weeks.A tidy verdict is a very good place to hide.Death at the Book Club is the second Bloomsbury Bookshop Mystery. For readers of Lucy Connelly, Verity Bright, and Jackie Baldwin.