Carrie Singleton has more than her fair share on her plate: her job at the Clover Ridge Library, preparing for her wedding to Dylan Avery, and hoping that the local art gallery doesn’t steal away one of her part-time employees. Her fiancé Dylan accompanies her to the beautiful home of Victor Zalinka—art collector and successful businessman—to select paintings for an art show at the library. While Carrie muses that Victor's home would be the perfect wedding venue, Dylan spots a forgery among the paintings in Victor's collection.
Then Martha Mallory is found murdered in her art gallery. With the assistance of Evelyn, the library ghost; the resident cat, Smoky Joe; and the office manager of Dylan’s private investigation company, Carrie comes up with a suspect list long enough to rival the size of an encyclopedia. During her investigation, Carrie stumbles across a terrible truth: Martha’s murder was part of something far bigger and more dangerous than she could have ever imagined. And it all leads back to the art gallery.
How far will Carrie go to find the killer and uncover the truth? If the killer finds her first—will Carrie finally be taken out of circulation? (Summary via Goodreads)
WOW !! Overdue or Die by Allison Brook has so much going on that you will not want to stop reading it !! Overdue or Die is the seventh book in the Haunted Library Mystery series and there is so much to love about this series !! First you have main character Carrie Singleton who lives in an adorable cottage on the property where her fiance, Dylan, owns the main house. Carrie has an adorable cat, Smoky Joe, that she is able to take with her to work. Carrie has an adorable aunt and uncle that she and Dylan are very close to. Carrie has an amazing job working at the Clover Ridge Library where she oversees and plans all the activities there and now that the newly renovated addition has been completed, they are gearing up for many more activities. Carrie has two part-time assistants to help her and her best friend also works at the library....and she is visited by Evelyn, the library ghost. Evelyn is stuck there but seems to be okay with that and she is there for Carrie to help her work through things going on in her life as well as the murder investigations she gets in the middle of.
In Overdue or Die Carrie's great-uncle Bosco is recovering from a heart attack and Carrie is very scared that she is going to lose him or her great-aunt Harriet....but Dylan is there to help her center herself so that she can focus on the things she has control over.....like planning her and Dylan's wedding !
Unfortunately Martha Mallory is murdered in her art gallery one night which shifts Carrie's attention. Martha was close friends with Evelyn and when Evelyn asks for your help, you feel you cannot say no. So Carrie begins to look into Martha's murder not knowing that she will be going down a dangerous road. Martha was in the witness protection program until recently. She helped put away a dangerous man. So it is no wonder that he and his family are the first ones on the top of the suspect list.
Unfortunately as Carrie looks into Martha's death, someone else dies and she wonders if the two are connected. And when a new friend, Victor, is taken in for questioning Carrie and Dylan are asked to prove his innocence.
There is a lot more going on in Overdue or Die but I cannot tell you everything !! I hope that I have given you enough enticing tidbits that you will go and grab your copy and dig in !! I cannot say enough good things about this series, the town, the people, and everything else.....go grab your copy ASAP !!!!
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