A funny mystery set in a Lighthouse which is also a library

Read and Buried: A Lighthouse Library Mystery

By: Eva Gates

Rating: 5 of 5

For many readers of this series, I am sure that this book is a fun visit to a bunch of old friends. For me, it was the first book in the series that I have read. It was easy to read stand-alone but, by the end of it, I purchased the first book in the series, so I can read through them all in order.

Lucy Richardson is a librarian at the Lighthouse Library in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The historic lighthouse has developed series issues and is being fixed. During the excavation of the ground around the Lighthouse, a old tin is discovered. What is discovered in the tin sets in motion this whodunnit.

Lucy and her boyfriend, Connor (who just happens to be mayor) come across the body of an annoying member of the historical society. Unfortunately, that body is located in the business office of the Lighthouse and is deemed a murder.

While the police, Lucy, Connor and a cast of most of the individuals in the town, are busy trying to solve the crime, another break-in occurs at the Library. It starts to look like the contents of that tin may be worth a lot more than they appear to be.

I enjoyed the plot, the dialog, the characters and, especially, the cat. The ending of the book, along with the Settler’s Day festival had me rolling in laughter. I am looking forward to reading more in this series.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.