Secondhand store owner Sarah Grayson and her inquisitive rescue cat, Elvis, will need to close the book on a killer in the newest installment of this charming New York Times bestselling series.

Although Sarah Grayson is often tending to the contained chaos of her delightful secondhand store in North Harbor, Maine, plus dealing with the quirky personality of her rescue cat, Elvis, she still takes an occasional night off. But her evening out comes to an abrupt end when Sarah discovers Stella Hall, a member of the library board, standing over a body in the street.

Although Stella admits that she and the victim had fought about several things including library funding, she is adamant that she is innocent and the real killer is on the loose. Sarah is eager to help, but even with the assistance of Charlotte’s Angels, the senior citizen detectives who rent out part of her shop, there is still a vast amount of circumstantial evidence linking Stella to the crime. The odds may be stacked against them, but Sarah and Elvis, along with the Angels, will work hard to check out the suspects and catch a killer.

Sarah runs the Second Chance antique shop and rents space to Charlotte’s Angels, a private investigation agency staffed with senior citizens who are also her friends. When a friend of Sarah’s and the Angels, Stella Hall, is found standing over the dead body of unpleasant Vincent Swift after a contentious meeting of the library board the Angels swing into action to prove Stella’s innocence and find the murderer. Problem is, everyone who knew Vincent Swift had reason to dislike him and want him gone.

I enjoy this series. The characters are likeable as well as believable and the senior citizen PIs are delightful. The action moves along nicely with suspects being cleared one by one until Sarah comes to a realization of who the murderer is. The book is a quick read with just the right balance of mystery to character development. I look forward to future entries in the series. ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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