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Death comes quietly in a village library. The paperwork does not.
Hattie thought volunteering at the little village library would be the safest way to keep her head down after the trouble in the walled garden. Shelving books, pouring tea, and letting other people run the committees sounded like a sensible plan. Then the library's star donor, Harlan Voss, is found dead inside the locked reading room, bolted from the inside, with no obvious weapon and a room full of witnesses who swear they saw nothing.
DI Mara Sutherland arrives ready to shut everything down, and she makes it very clear Hattie is not to play detective again. Pity Hattie's whole problem is that she notices the details other people prefer to ignore.
A rota that "updates itself." An alarm test window that moves at the perfect moment. Duplicate catalogue cards dated the same day but written in two different hands. A book with a spine that bends wrong, like it is hiding something. And a certain group of villagers who care far more about keeping the library spotless than keeping anyone alive.
With Bracken the dog sniffing out trouble at her heel, Hattie starts following the trail the only way she knows how. She audits the records, tracks who had access, and pulls at the neat little lies until the whole tidy story begins to tear.
Because in this village, the truth is never missing. It is filed away, rewritten, and kept under lock and key.
Death Among the Stacks is a page-turning English cozy mystery packed with small-town secrets, sharp dialogue, a stubborn amateur sleuth, and a very nosy dog. Perfect for fans of village whodunits, libraries with hidden corners, and mysteries where the clues are in the paperwork.
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