From New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams, the third
installment in her beguiling cozy mystery series featuring
librarian-turned-bookseller Nora Pennington who has a penchant for
bibliotherapy and solving crimes. While people visit Miracle Springs for
healing treatments, it's Nora who helps them find peace by prescribing
the perfect book along with a fresh-baked scone. After all, sometimes
the key to happiness, friendship--or solving a murder--can simply be
found within the pages of the right book. It's been a very wet spring in
Miracle Springs, North Carolina, and the rain has been relentless--and a
flood of trouble is about to be unleashed...
As the owner of Miracle Books, Nora Pennington figures all the wet
weather this spring is at least good for business. The local inns are
packed with stranded travelers, and among them Nora finds both new
customers and a new friend, the sixty-something Sheldon, who starts
helping out at the store.
Since a little rain never hurt anyone, Nora rides her bike over to the
flea market one sodden day and buys a bowl from Danny, a Cherokee
potter. It'll make a great present for Nora's EMT boyfriend. But the
next day, a little rain turns into a lot of rain, and the Miracle River
overflows its banks. Amid the wreckage of a collapsed footbridge, a body
lies within the churning water.
Nora and the sheriff both doubt the ruling of accidental drowning, and
Nora decides it's time for the Secret, Book, and Scone Society to spring
into action. When another body turns up, it becomes clearer that Danny's
death can't be blamed on a natural disaster. A crucial clue may lie
within the stone walls of the Inn of Mist and Roses: a diary, over a
century old and spattered with candle wax, that leads Nora and her
friends through a maze of intrigue--and onto the trail of a murderer...
