Read and Gone (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781639103560)

Agatha Award Nominee: A cache of missing gems brings Carrie Singleton's larcenous dad back into her life--and only she can clear his name

A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn't know since her dad Jim's been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help him recover his half of a twenty-million-dollar gem heist he pulled off with the local jeweler, Benton Parr. When she refuses, Jim takes off again.

Carrie finds her father again behind bars for the recent murder of Benton Parr. Who made the connection? Unbeknownst to her, Carrie's boyfriend Dylan, an insurance investigator, has been searching for the gems. Determined to find the jewels herself, she starts examining every facet of Parr's life. She turns up a treasure trove of suspects, one of whom bashes her on the head as she's searching the victim's country cabin.

Retreating to the quiet confines of the library where she works, Carrie watches as Smokey Joe, the resident cat, paws at a hole in the wall. Is he after the library's ghost Evelyn, or something shinier? The second charming Haunted Library mystery by Allison Brook, Read and Gone will be a delight for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Leslie Meier.

Author: Allison Brook
ISBN-10: 1639103562
ISBN-13: 9781639103560
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2022
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.20w x 0.90d