
And when a dead body shows up right behind the library, Tru is certain that it's not a ghost but a cold-blooded killer that she and her trusty tabby Dewey Decimal will need to uncover. Tru is certain it's hogwash, but she's at a loss to think of who might be vandalizing the beautiful books she fought so hard to protect. He's heard rumors of a poltergeist that haunts the library, determined to scare off readers. A patron of the secret book room tells Tru that there have been creepy goings-on at the library for years, especially in the basement where the secret book room is located. The nasty interloper doesn't steal anything, but brutalizes the books, damaging them and knocking them off shelves.

The last thing she needs is a mysterious vandal who seems intent on breaking into her secret book-filled sanctuary and creating chaos. Now she's working hard to maintain the little library downstairs while keeping her "real job" upstairs in the bookless technology center.

ely Cypress, South Carolina, can rejoice in the printed word. Tru Beckett succeeded in building a secret book room in her now bookless library, where book lovers from lov. Librarian Tru Beckett, ardent defender of the printed word, is about to find out that keeping murder checked out of her beloved library is much harder than she thought. With Jace removed from the case due to the conflict of interest, Trudell must help him investigate and prove his mother's innocence in a case where nothing is as it seems. The main suspect- Detective Jace Bailey's mother, the host for the evening. When Tru and Flossie arrive early for the book club, they're shocked to find the club leader, Rebecca White, dead in the kitchen.

Flossie has been on the book club's waiting list for five years, and she's determined to find out why she's never received an invitation to join. ted to speak to the club about the library, its modernization, and her efforts to bring printed books to the reading public, Trudell's friend Flossie invites herself along. When Trudell Beckett, the town's spunky assistant librarian, is invi. The Cypress Arete Society is the town's oldest and most exclusive book club. When a member of an exclusive book club is poisoned, spunky librarian Trudell Beckett must sort fact from fiction to solve the murder.
