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SUE, SHROPSHIRE

A REAL PAGE-TURNER - COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2017

OMG - what a gripping novel. I read it in one sitting - simply couldn't put it down.

Lucy, the main character, is Librarian (and tenant) of a library housed in an old lighthouse. When a member of her book club is done in, Lucy sets about uncovering the truth, a quest made all the more urgent when the main suspect is her mother (who's visiting). The story is a real page-turner because the author writes in such an engaging way that holds one's attention and makes you eager to carry on reading.

Readers who like gentle whodunits (not graphically 'grizzly' murders) will love this book, and if you have read Jo Dereske's 'Helma Zukas' series and are clamouring for something similar, this series (of 3) will quench your thirst. (Note: if you are expecting the library cat (as featured on the cover) to be part of the 'discovery' process, it isn't. Cat literally just jumps up on people's laps etc so doesn't really play any part in the book). I'm so glad the other two are on their way from Amazon as I write. CAN'T WAIT!!!

Jennifer Fry

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2017

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Love these books

Nellie P

Most enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2016

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Really good series

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An entertaining mystery - highly recommended!

Reviewed in Canada on 2 November 2015

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The setting for this novel - a lighthouse on North Carolina's Outer Banks - was enough to draw me in to the story and I'm so glad it did. Lucy, the librarian, is an engaging character with a talent for solving deadly puzzles. Having fled the stuffy confines of Boston and her parent's attempt to match her up with a less than enticing potential fiancée, Lucy's just getting settled into her new community when her mother descends and an old friend of her mother's is murdered. This is just the start of an absorbing mystery and entertaining read. You know you're in experienced hands when the writing flows so well you lose track of time - I promise, you'll love this book!

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Herrlich !!!

Reviewed in Germany on 22 October 2017

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Dieses Buch Buch ist durch die familiären Verwicklungen der Hauptperson besonders ansprechend. Jeder kennt die Schwierigkeiten die Erwachsene mit ihren Eltern haben können dies wird hier sehr schön dargestellt und gibt der Story einen besonderen Touch.

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jeanne adamek

A wonderful place to be...

Reviewed in Germany on 15 September 2015

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I would love to visit this lighthouse library--it sounds just like a place I would like to be, see and absorb the atmosphere!

The story was a good one, really worth reading.

Annie59

Cozy mystery pour les amateurs d'intrigues, de livres et de chats (ou un des trois!)

Reviewed in France on 7 September 2016

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Réellement triste qu'il n'y ait que trois tomes dans cette série! J'espère qu'Eva Gates se penche sur son écritoire afin de nous en concocter un autre.

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loulou

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 November 2015

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Great. Loved the series. Good little read

Sapphyria

Engaging and Enjoyable Cozy

Reviewed in the United States on 27 April 2018

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Booked for Trouble is the wonderful second book in the Lighthouse Library Mystery series by Eva Gates. In book 2, Lucy gets an unexpected visit from her mother, Suzanne, who is trying to persuade Lucy to move back to Boston. Lucy continues to dodge her mom's attempts to guilt her into coming back home and back into a life she wasn't happy with as the story unfolds. Not only is Suzanne pressuring Lucy to leave the Outer Banks, she is also causing scenes with hotel employees that she went to school with - very public scenes.

When her classmate, Karen, is found dead outside the lighthouse the morning after a book club meeting, in which Suzanne also attended, all fingers point at Suzanne. As Lucy is trying to get a little more settled into her home and job at the lighthouse library, she now has to figure out who killed Karen and why. She knows her mother didn't kill anyone but as the evidence mounts and clues show up, Lucy must up her game to keep her mother out of jail for a crime Lucy knows she did not commit.

Lucy is a wonderful character. She may come from money but she doesn't act like it or flaunt her family's riches. Even with her mother in the Outer Banks, Lucy is still pretty down-to-earth and likeable. She doesn't put on airs or look at anyone as being beneath her. I love Charlene's continued obsession of rap music and her passion for wanting to share, especially with Lucy's upper crust mother. The love triangle possibility is still on the table and being explored but it doesn't overstep the death of Karen. I like how the romance is a subtlety that adds substance to the story without taking charge or undermining the death. All of the secondary characters are unique in their own way and believable. I enjoy both Connor and Butch's characters so much and know who I'm rooting for but you'll get no hints from me. Charles, the library cat is a delightful addition to the cast. I love that the library has a pet.

The story is well paced, enjoyable, and full of suspense. The author did a wonderful job describing the characters and scenery within the book. I was able to visualize the story as it played out. An enjoyable second book in the Lighthouse Library series, Booked for Trouble is engaging, doesn't divulge the suspect right away, and keeps the reader guessing. I'm really enjoying this series.

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Reader 3

Another cozy with a love triangle

Reviewed in the United States on 26 February 2022

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I love the Outer Banks setting of this series, but the heroine, not so much. There is a lot of description of characters and what they are wearing, but other than Lucy's wardrobe, all we know is that she is not tall and has dark curly hair. It struck me as odd. I liked most of the characters in the book, but Louise Jane is beyond annoying and for someone who is supposed to be smart, Lucy becomes like a gullible child around her. I also found Lucy's internal musings building a case against whoever was her current choice for the villian to be rambling and often farfetched. With a series that has a love triangle in it l will check the descriptions of the next books in the series to see if it resolves quickly. I can't tell on this one, so after the way this book ended and reading the preview of #3, I'm done.

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