Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.
This is a really fun meme!
The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.
Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!
My 56 for this week is from
By Book Or By Crook
A Lighthouse Library Mystery #1
by Eva Gates
Genre: Cozy Mystery
My 56 from page 65 in the paperback. Page 56 didn’t have anything.
Here I was, in my gorgeous lighthouse aerie, living above a library, a classic novel in my hands, the rest of my beloved books only an arm’s reach away. Not to mention a full collection of Jane Austen first editions on my desk. And I couldn’t concentrate.
Doesn’t this sound like a dream come true!! Well, except for not being able to concentrate. LOL
Read on if you want to know more.
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Synopsis
Get bound up in murder in the first Lighthouse Library mystery!
For ten years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family’s social whorl or her sort-of-engagement to the staid son of her father’s law partner. But when her ten-year relationship implodes, Lucy realizes that the plot of her life is in need of a serious rewrite.
Calling on her aunt Ellen, Lucy hopes that a little fun in the Outer Banks sun—and some confections from her cousin Josie’s bakery—will help clear her head. But her retreat quickly turns into an unexpected opportunity when Aunt Ellen gets her involved in the lighthouse library tucked away on Bodie Island.
Lucy is thrilled to land a librarian job in her favorite place in the world. But when a priceless first edition Jane Austen novel is stolen and the chair of the library board is murdered, Lucy suddenly finds herself ensnared in a real-life mystery—and she’s not so sure there’s going to be a happy ending….
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I love the cover. So fun! And a perfect summer read.
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Yes, it does sound great!!!!
sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes
I thought of you immediately! Especially when I spotted the lighthouse.
Cats and Jane Austen… with an ocean view!
I know! I won this book in a giveaway. Was so excited. Sounds like a dream come true, doesn’t it:)
I love that series!!! 🙂 Hope you are liking it!
Stormi
Friday Memes
I can’t wait to dive in this weekend. Supposed to rain every day so I’ll be snuggling in:)
That does sound like a fun summer read. I agree that, except for the lack of concentration, the situation sounds like my ideal. I am spotlighting Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks – the latest in an urban fantasy series I like. Happy reading!
We can dream!!
This book sounds exciting.
I know. I hope I can get into it soon.
What a great 56, surrounded by Jane Austin first editions would be stunning. Happy Friday!
I can hardly imagine it! It all sounds like a winner:)
Love that opener. I have a library copy of this one that I keep renewing. I need to get to it soon, or I’ll have to return it.
I actually received 2 copies from the publisher so I plan to giveaway one away along with my review after I’ve read it.
I started writing my review for that one today! I love that series. And you picked a perfect 56//65. 🙂 Please check out mine … http://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBookReviewsTATK
I’ll be sure to check out your review. I hope it’s as good as it promises to be:)
Great #56! LOVE the cover art, everything about it. I saw lots of lighthouses in Maine.
Me too! It just screams me! LOL e have a lot of lighthouses here on the coast too. Love to snap pictures of them.
You had me with that cover!! 🙂
Happy Easter weekend!
LOL It got me too! Happy Easter, Freda:)
Judging by the cover I don’t know if I would pick this up but reading the synopsis I think I need to! Thanks for sharing!
Danica @ A Redheaded Bookworm
THE BERLIN BOXING CLUB
Yep. That blurb reels you right in!
I fully support hunting down this stolen first edition of Jane Austen. How dare the thief do such a thing!
I know. It’s punishable by something terrible. LOL
Love the cover and excerpt.
So do I, Anthony:)
This looks like it could be a fun read! And also- I WANT that librarian job!
It’s got all my favorite ingredients:) I’d love that job too. We can dream!