Book, Line, and Sinker
by Jenn McKinlay

“Avast” in pirate speak means what?*

Answering tricky reference questions like this one provides plenty of excitement for library director Lindsey Norris. But when a shocking murder is committed in her cozy coastal town of Briar Creek, Connecticut, the question of who did it must be answered before an innocent man gets the book thrown at him...

Lindsey is enjoying her second year in Briar Creek as the library director, meeting with the crafternoon club, and happily dating tour boat captain Mike Sullivan. But when a salvage company arrives in town to dig up treasure buried on Pirate Island over three hundred years ago, the locals are torn between protecting the island and welcoming the publicity.

In spite of the squabbling, Charlie Peyton, Lindsey’s downstairs neighbor, takes a job with the salvage company. But when Trudi Hargrave, the local tourism director who hired the company, is found murdered at the excavation site, Charlie becomes the chief suspect. To help him, Lindsey must do some digging of her own before the real killer buries the truth for good...

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Other Books by Jenn McKinlay

Death in the Stacks
Library Lover's Mystery Book 8

Vanilla Beaned
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #8

Copy Cap Murder
A Hat Shop Mystery #4

A Likely Story
A Library Lover's Mystery #6

Dark Chocolate Demise
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #7

The Cozy Cookbook
More than 100 Recipes from Today's Bestselling Mystery Autho

At the Drop of a Hat
A Hat Shop Mystery #3

On Borrowed Time
A Library Lover's Mystery #5

Death of a Mad Hatter
A Hat Shop Mystery #2

Sugar and Iced
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #6

Read It and Weep
A Library Lover's Mystery #4

Cloche and Dagger
A Hat Shop Mystery #1

Going, Going, Ganache
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #5

Red Velvet Revenge
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #4

Jenn McKinlay's Bio

Jenn McKinlay is what is known as a dessert-freakosaurus. She has been known to eat leftover birthday cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the frozen top tier of her wedding cake didn’t stand a chance of seeing its first anniversary. Luckily, her husband is more of a salt guy. Since the arrival of the hooligans (her sons), she has honed her culinary skills to include cupcakes and has baked and frosted cupcakes into the shape of cats, mice and outerspace aliens to name just a few. Writing a mystery series based upon one of her favorite food groups (cupcakes) is as enjoyable as licking the beater and she can’t wait to whip up the next one. She is the author of another mystery series under the name Lucy Lawrence and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her musician husband Chris, their two sons, two cats, one dog and one fish.