MYSTERY

Death and the Librarian

by Victoria Gilbert
Crooked Lane. Jul. 2025. 320p. ISBN 9798892420464. $29.99. M
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Gilbert’s latest “Blue Ridge Library Mystery” (after Death in the Margins) opens in the summer, an idyllic time in the Blue Ridge Mountains. As always, library director Amy Muir has a full plate, and to add to the excitement, her husband Richard is debuting a new dance piece. But murder takes no vacations, and when a man is found brutally killed, the prime suspect is a close friend of Amy’s family. At the request of Sheriff Brad Tucker, Amy begins to research possible links between the murder victim and a cold case of many years’ standing. It becomes apparent that someone doesn’t want the information found. Injuries, kidnapping and a convoluted trail will finally lead to an answer—but it may not be one that those involved want to hear.
VERDICT A perfect cozy mystery, from the setting and characters to the pacing and plot development. Readers may prefer to start with book one, but this installment has enough background that it could be read independently; of course, readers might then want to go back to find the earlier entries.
Reviewed by Pam O’Sullivan , May 01, 2025
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