Body in the Bindery: A Gripping Cozy Murder Mystery With a Twist (An Emily Parker Cozy Mystery)
By Eve Barrett
A bookbinder’s death. A coded clue. A publishing empire hiding deadly secrets.
Meticulous book-restorer Emily Parker prefers hand-stitched spines to human drama. But when investigative reporter Jenny Walsh calls in a panic, Emily’s quiet shop becomes command central for a murder investigation.
Jenny’s mentor, legendary binder Marcus Chen, is electrocuted under suspicious circumstances, and the only clue is a cryptic endpaper cipher that leads straight to Chester Creek’s crown jewel: Hawthorne Publishing.
With Fitz, her clever Maine Coon, providing comic relief and distraction, Emily poses as a freelance conservator at the publishing company.
Suspicions swirl around Dr. Eleanor Price, Hawthorne’s Rare Books Director, who once worked closely with Marcus on guild authentication methods now turning up in forgeries, and CFO James Harrison, who oversaw the aggressive acquisitions Marcus was investigating when he died.
Emily’s brakes fail on Chester Creek’s winding roads, her shop’s windows shatter in midnight “accidents,” and someone’s been asking questions about her restoration schedule.
Emily must decode Marcus’s bindery cipher before becoming the next victim in Hawthorne’s deadly ledger.
A bookbinder’s death. A coded clue. A publishing empire hiding deadly secrets.
Meticulous book-restorer Emily Parker prefers hand-stitched spines to human drama. But when investigative reporter Jenny Walsh calls in a panic, Emily’s quiet shop becomes command central for a murder investigation.
Jenny’s mentor, legendary binder Marcus Chen, is electrocuted under suspicious circumstances, and the only clue is a cryptic endpaper cipher that leads straight to Chester Creek’s crown jewel: Hawthorne Publishing.
With Fitz, her clever Maine Coon, providing comic relief and distraction, Emily poses as a freelance conservator at the publishing company.
Suspicions swirl around Dr. Eleanor Price, Hawthorne’s Rare Books Director, who once worked closely with Marcus on guild authentication methods now turning up in forgeries, and CFO James Harrison, who oversaw the aggressive acquisitions Marcus was investigating when he died.
Emily’s brakes fail on Chester Creek’s winding roads, her shop’s windows shatter in midnight “accidents,” and someone’s been asking questions about her restoration schedule.
Emily must decode Marcus’s bindery cipher before becoming the next victim in Hawthorne’s deadly ledger.