Entertainment Weekly hails the Secret, Book, and Scone Society
series by New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams as "a love
letter to reading," and in this fifth installment, bookshop owner,
bibliotherapist, and occasional sleuth Nora Pennington must enlist the
help of her brilliant, brassy librarian friend Bobbie to unravel the
connection between The Scarlet Letter, an obscure 19th century writer,
and a dead hiker...
Bookstore owner Nora Pennington and the rest of the Secret, Book, and
Scone Society must solve a murder as cold as the winter wind in a new
mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams.
While January snow falls outside in Miracle Springs, North Carolina,
Nora Pennington is encouraging customers to cozy up indoors with a good
book. Even though the shop and her bibliotherapy sessions keep Nora busy
during the day, her nights are a little too quiet--until Deputy Andrews
pulls Nora into the sci-fi section and asks her to help him plan a
wedding proposal.
His bride-to-be, Hester, loves Little Women, and Nora sets to work
arranging a special screening at the town's new movie theater. But right
before the deputy pops the question, Nora makes an unsettling
discovery--someone has mutilated all her store's copies of The Scarlet
Letter, slicing angrily into the pages wherever Hester Prynne's name is
mentioned.
The coincidence disturbs Nora, who's one of the few in Miracle Springs
who knows that Hester gave up a baby for adoption many years ago. When a
dead man is found on a hiking trail just outside town, carrying a rare
book, the members of the Secret, Book, and Scone Society unearth a
connection to Hester's past. Someone is intent on bringing the past to
light, and it's not just Hester's relationship at stake, but her life .
. .
"Captivating . . . Bibliophilic cozy fans will be in heaven."
-Publishers Weekly
