Carrie Singleton and Evelyn the ghost sleuth the slayings of a starlet
and a star-crossed psychic in Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook's
fourth Haunted Library mystery.
Daphne Marriott strolls into Clover Ridge and informs librarian Carrie
Singleton that she's a psychic. But had she foreseen what fate awaited
her, Daphne would have steered clear of the quaint Connecticut town.
Evelyn, the library ghost, tells Carrie that there's more to Daphne than
she lets on.
The mysterious woman grew up in Clover Ridge with her no-good dad, who
apparently met his end at the hands of Daphne's brother, Billy. Still,
Daphne proves a welcome distraction when Carrie's overbearing mother
hits town. Mom's much younger husband, Tom, is in a movie that's lensing
locally, and she's there to keep an eye on him: Tom's costar, sultry
Ilana Reingold, is also his ex-fiancée, and there's no denying the
chemistry is still there. Soon after mingling with the moviemakers at a
meet-and-greet, Daphne is found dead.
Carrie and Evelyn investigate, assisted by bushy-tailed library cat
Smoky Joe. But the suspect list could overflow the library shelves. Has
Billy killed another relative? Is their long-missing mother involved? Or
Daphne's mean ex-husband? Carrie's sure she knows who committed the
crime, but can she bind together the clues before the culprit
Dewey-decimates the town?
