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Librarian Lucy’s wedding is nearly perfect—aside from a missing guest and the strangled body she finds. Now, she must vow to find the killer in this 10th Lighthouse Library mystery. Lucy and Connor planned for the perfect Outer Banks wedding—and that’s exactly what they got. Aside from typical rumblings of familial tensions, the late spring weather allowed for a beautiful day, the food was delicious, and everyone had a good time, until one of the guests goes missing. Before Lucy can look forward to the rest of her life in Nags Head and the work she does at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, she gets a phone call from her boss, Bertie James. Eddie, Bertie’s friend, never made it back home after the reception. Initially, Lucy doesn’t think anything of it—sometimes wedding guests simply have a little too much fun. But this quickly turns to something darker when she discovers the body of a wedding guest strangled in a locked closet, and the police immediately start asking questions about Eddie. Lucy must figure out if the two are connected before it’s too late—both for Bertie’s friend and the rest of her wedding guests. With the Classic Novel Reading Club reading the Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe—Lucy wonders if the master of the macabre can assist her investigation or if the hunt for the killer’s identity will remain as nothing more than an unsolved mystery.

"It's spring in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and Lucy and Connor have moved into their new home at last, a historic cottage on the Nags Head Beach. The house needs a lot of renovations, but they worked hard over the winter to get it ready. Lucy is now happily immersed in her work at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, planning her wedding, and decorating the house. That is, until a dead body disrupts their peaceful new abode. The first night Lucy's alone in the house, with the company of Charles the library cat, she hears sounds. Investigating, they see footsteps in the dust of the unfinished living room, and the door to the outside is open. Lucy's reminded that the house is said to be haunted: forty years ago the teenage daughter of the owners fled in the night, and never again stepped foot inside her family home. But the sounds have an all-too-human origin and one evening Lucy and Connor find the dead body of a man they don't even recognize in their kitchen. They soon realize he has a long-time connection to their house. Lucy's forced to find out what happened all those years ago and why it's threatening her happiness today. Meanwhile, the Classic Novel Reading Club is reading The House of the Seven Gables by Nathanial Hawthorne, a book about another old house full of secrets. Can Lucy find parallels to her own situation in Hawthorne's fiction before the killer strikes again?"-- Provided by publisher

Librarian Lucy's wedding is jeopardized when a murder disrupts her engagement celebrations. To ensure her big day goes on as planned, she must uncover the killer in the 8th installment of the Lighthouse Library mysteries. Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have just announced their engagement, prompting friends to host a celebration at Coquina Beach, near Lucy's cherished Bodie Island Lighthouse Library. As they pack up gifts and leftovers from Josie's Cozy Bakery, Lucy's former almost-fiancé, Richard Eric Lewiston III, arrives with his overbearing mother, Evangeline. She makes it clear her intention is to rekindle Lucy and Ricky's romance, but Lucy remains unfazed, while Ricky is embarrassed by his mother's antics. Before heading back to Boston, Evangeline invites Lucy and her family to a dinner at Jake's Seafood Bar. Lucy hopes to endure the dinner and see them off, but disaster strikes when a body is discovered at the restaurant's kitchen door. Reluctantly, Lucy must don her detective hat once more to protect her family and engagement. Meanwhile, chaos ensues at the Lighthouse Library as Lucy's classic novel reading club tackles The Hound of the Baskervilles, and she temporarily cares for a dog named Fluffy, much to the dismay of Charles, the library cat.

"When her former director is found dead in the water, librarian Lucy Richardson will have to get to the bottom of the mystery before the killer ends her tale."--Page [4] of cover