Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams

'Readers will find themselves wanting to live in Storyton, no matter how many people end up dead there. '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 But before they can turn up the treasure, the bell may toll for another victim. 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. Storyton Hall, Virginia, is a paradise for book lovers who come from all over for literary getaways. that is, until his body turns up in the reading room of his cottage, a book on his lap. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. One of the staff gardeners promises to be helpful. 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. Jane's boyfriend is missing, and she thinks she may find him at North Carolina's historic Biltmore Estate. Ellery Adams is the New York Times bestselling author of two cookbooks and over thirty mysteries, including the Book Retreat Mysteries, The Secret, Book, & Scone Society series, the Books by the Bay Mysteries, and the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries. Along side her, her long-thought dead (9 years) husband, who's being held in the dungeon next door. Where he's being held by a renegade faction of the Templars. But manager Jane Steward is temporarily leaving for another renowned resort-in hopes of solving a twist-filled mystery. This book has the manager of the Storyton Inn haring off to the Biltmore Estate to rescue her lover from a dungeon.

Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams