Murder in the Reading Room
Reeks: A Book Retreat Mystery
Ellery Adams
- Storyton
- Hall,
- Virginia,
- is
- a
- paradise
- for
- book
- lovers
- who
- come
- from
- all
- over
- for
- literary
- getaways.
- But
- manager
- Jane
- Steward
- is
- temporarily
- leaving
- for
- another
- renowned
- resort—in
- hopes
- of
- solving
- a
- twist-filled
- mystery
- .
- .
- .Jane’s
- boyfriend
- is
- missing,
- and
- she
- thinks
- she
- may
- find
- him
- at
- North
- Carolina’s
- historic
- Biltmore
- Estate.
- Officially,
- she’s
- there
- to
- learn
- about
- luxury
- hotel
- management,
- but
- she’s
- also
- prowling
- around
- the
- breathtaking
- buildings
- and
- grounds
- looking
- for
- secret
- passageways
- and
- clues.
- One
- of
- the
- staff
- gardeners
- promises
- to
- be
- helpful
- .
- .
- .
- that
- is,
- until
- his
- body
- turns
- up
- in
- the
- reading
- room
- of
- his
- cottage,
- a
- book
- on
- his
- lap.When
- she
- finally
- locates
- the
- kidnapped
- Edwin,
- his
- captor
- insists
- that
- she
- lead
- him
- back
- to
- Storyton
- Hall,
- convinced
- that
- it
- houses
- Ernest
- Hemingway’s
- lost
- suitcase,
- stolen
- from
- a
- Paris
- train
- station
- in
- 1922.
- But
- before
- they
- can
- turn
- up
- the
- treasure,
- the
- bell
- may
- toll
- for
- another
- victim
- .
- .
- .“Readers
- will
- find
- themselves
- wanting
- to
- live
- in
- Storyton,
- no
- matter
- how
- many
- people
- end
- up
- dead
- there.”
- —Suspense
- Magazine
- on
- Murder
- in
- the
- Locked Library
