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Carrie
Singleton is the head of programs and events at the Clover
Ridge Library. She gets along well with her colleagues except
for Dorothy Hawkins. Dorothy is nosy and bossy and bitter
that Carrie got the job she wanted. Carrie and Dorothy have
grudgingly reached a truce. Since Carrie has recently agreed
to be the new Sunshine Delegate for the library, she is the
one to visit and bring sunshine to Dorothy who is hospitalized
after a fall. At the hospital, Dorothy tells Carrie that her
husband shoved her and tried to kill her. Later, however,
Dorothy denies any such thing and Carrie thinks it must have
been the fall and medication that caused her to blame her
husband.
Dorothy
returns to work soon thereafter, using crutches to navigate
around the library. One night she is driving home after work
and is run off the road. Her car crashes into a tree and Dorothy
dies at the scene. At the behest of Evelyn, who is the resident
ghost at the library, Carrie agrees to help find the killer.
Dorothy was Evelyn’s niece and despite her nasty disposition
and the fact that she is unlikable, Evelyn loved her.
While
the search for Dorothy’s murderer unfolds, there is
also a crisis with the homeless population in town. Some of
them congregate in the library to keep warm and other patrons
find them disturbing. There is a group of concerned citizens
forming in town to set up a location and a day program for
the homeless. Carrie is ready to get involved to find out
more about the issue and about how she can help.
I
like this book as much as I did the first in the series. I
am impressed with the author’s ability to weave the
problem of homelessness into the story and how she offers
different ways of solving some of the problems around the
issue.
This
is an easy read and it subtly inspires readers to think about
social issues while trying to solve the case along with the
main character.
If
you are looking for a mystery featuring a library, a ghost,
and a killer in a small town setting you will find “Buried
in the Stacks” a satisfying and entertaining read.
Reviews
of other titles in this series
Death
Overdue #1
Read
and Gone #2
Buried in the Stacks #3
Checked
Out for Murder #4
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