Carrie Singleton is ready to kiss the single life goodbye. Her wedding to Dylan Avery is just a few weeks away, and a happy ending is about to be hers. But when a body is found on the lawn of their wedding venue, happily-ever-after is looking deadlier than ever.
The victim turns out to be Billy Carpenter, a young man recently released from prison after serving time for a bank robbery. The stolen money he’d buried is gone and Carrie and the police suspect Billy’s two alleged co-conspirators, his friends Luke Rizzo and Tino Valdez. But then Luke is murdered and Tino is nowhere to be found.
With no leads and only a week to go before her big day, Carrie is on the hunt for clues. She hopes to wrap up this investigation with a neat bow before she and Dylan tie the knot. Carrie has something old, something new, and something borrowed ready for her walk down the aisle. Now she needs to find the killer without becoming the ‘something blue.’ (Summary via Goodreads)
Although I haven't read all of the books in the Haunted Library Mystery series by Allison Brook, I
became a devoted fan throught the books I did read. Sometimes in your reading journey you develop feelings for a series, a book, the characters, the town or whatever and this series was that for me.
Booked on Murder is the eighth book in the series and main character Carrie Singleton is going to have her happily ever after ..... or die trying !!! Carrie seems to get herself in the middle of trouble but ends up helping solving a murder in the process. However, in Booked on Murder she has to stay focused on the finish line which is walking down the aisle and saying I DO to her soon to be husband, Dylan Avery.
Unfortunately when Carrie and Dylan are doing a walk through at their friend Victor's house where the wedding is to take place in a few weeks, they find a dead body by the gazebo. They then learn that the deceased is a recently released man who robbed a bank. The money was never recovered and it is thought that the two guys who helped robbed the bank must have had something to do with the murder. Then a historical artifact that is close to Carrie's heart, an ancient diary of a woman from the 1600's that was hanged because she was looked at as a witch. Carrie read the diary and felt a closeness and protectiveness toward the woman and when it begins to get negative attention, she is on high alert.
Poor Dylan will have his hands full trying to keep Carrie safe while also giving her space to do what she feels she needs to do with both situations. But if Dylan, and devoted readers, though that Carrie would ignore these things, they are terribly mistaken. All we can do is sit and read and hang on for the ride and hope that Carrie is able to walk down that aisle with little wear and tear on her body if she gets in too deep.....
I was sadness to read in the Acknowledgments that this is the last book in the Haunted Library Mystery series. I have grown to love this series and look forward to new books. I understand that Allison wants to branch off and start new projects and I look forward to where she will go. I, for one, know that whatever book she writes next will receive the attention and love it deserves and I will be on the lookout for it and hope to read it as soon as I possibly can .... I hope you will too !!! Good luck Allison ..... I loved this series !!!
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