The Book of Candlelight - Ellery Adams Audiobook

Written by Ellery Adams
Read by Cris Dukehart
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Secret, Book, & Scone Society Series, Book 3
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Release date: January 28, 2020
Duration: 08:34:17

As the owner of Miracle Books, Nora Pennington figures all the wet weather this spring is at least good for business. The local inns are packed with stranded travelers, and among them Nora finds both new customers and a new friend, the charming sixty-something Sheldon Vega, who starts helping out at the store.

Since a little rain never hurt anyone, Nora rides her bike over to the flea market one sodden day and buys a bowl from Danny, a Cherokee potter. It’ll make a great present for Nora’s EMT boyfriend, but the next day, a little rain turns into a lot of rain, and the Miracle River overflows its banks. Amid the wreckage of a collapsed footbridge, a body lies within the churning water. Nora and Sheriff Grant McCabe both doubt the ruling of accidental drowning.

Meanwhile, remodeling by innkeepers Louisa “Lou” Simmons and Patty Meacham turns up more than one secret hiding place in the old inn, including a diary kept by an ancestor of Lou more than a century ago. Drawings in the diary of red birds, besides suggesting a link between the past and the present, offer clues to information worth killing for and Nora decides it’s time for the Secret, Book, and Scone Society to spring into action.

When another body turns up, it becomes clearer that Danny’s death can’t be blamed on a natural disaster. A crucial clue may lie within the stone walls of the Inn of Mist and Roses: a diary, over a century old and spattered with candle wax, that leads Nora and her friends through a maze of intrigue—and onto the trail of a murderer…

Adams has a knack for creating endearingly imperfect characters. Cozy fans will be well satisfied.