The author of By Book or By Crook returns to the Outer Banks and the Lighthouse Library where Lucy Richardson must shed light on a shocking murderLucy has finally found her bliss as a librarian and resident of the Bodie Island Lighthouse She loves walking on the beach passing her evenings with the local book club bonding with the library cat Charles and enjoying the attention of not one but TWO eligible men But then her socialite mother Suzanne unexpectedly drops in determined to move Lucy back to Bostonand reunite her with her ex-fiancTo make matters worse Suzanne picks a very public fight at the local hotel with her former classmate Karen Kivas So when Karen turns up dead outside the library the next morning Suzanne is immediately at the top of the suspect list Now Lucy must hunt down a dangerous killerbefore the authorities throw the book at her poor mother.
