Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Booked on Murder (A Haunted Library Mystery) by Allison Brook! Today we are featuring a review of the eighth book in the series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! It’s a great way to add books to your TBR! There is also a Rafflecopter Giveaway for two copies of Booked on Murder (A Haunted Library Mystery) – hardcover or eBook, winners  choice! Enter here! 

Booked on Murder (A Haunted Library Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
8th in Series
Setting – Connecticut
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books (August 6, 2024)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639108459
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639108459
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CLKZ83SX

About the Book:

Librarian Carrie Singleton must catch a killer before she can say “I do” in the 8th delightful installment in Agatha Award-nominee Allison Brook’s Haunted Library mystery series.

Carrie Singleton is ready to kiss the single life goodbye. Her wedding to Dylan Avery is just a few weeks away, and a happy ending is about to be hers. But when a body is found on the lawn of their wedding venue, happily-ever-after is looking deadlier than ever.

The victim turns out to be Billy Carpenter, a young man recently released from prison after serving time for a bank robbery. The stolen money he’d buried is gone and Carrie and the police suspect Billy’s two alleged co-conspirators, his friends Luke Rizzo and Tino Valdez. But then Luke is murdered and Tino is nowhere to be found.

With no leads and only a week to go before her big day, Carrie is on the hunt for clues. She hopes to wrap up this investigation with a neat bow before she and Dylan tie the knot. Carrie has something old, something new, and something borrowed ready for her walk down the aisle. Now she needs to find the killer without becoming the ‘something blue.’

My Review:

And here we are! The last book in this lovely series. Say it ain’t so! While you could read this entry as a standalone, I think you’d enjoy even more if you started with book one. So if you haven’t read any, go now and catch up! Especially if you love mysteries featuring books and librarians – this series is for you. 

In this latest entry, Carrie has a full plate! As she goes about her days as a librarian, she’s mentally reviewing her wedding to do list. I loved getting to be a part of the lead up to her wedding to Dylan. Carrie is a great character (she’s a librarian, so of course she’s the best). I also felt that we got to spend time with each side character and got to soak up time around town and in the library. The mysteries were layered, and it was fun to watch them unravel, with Carrie leading the charge, of course. I love all the day to day details the author includes that really bring me into the cozy experience. 

I have adored reading all eight books in this series, and while I (unrealistically, I know) dream of my favorite series going on forever, I understand that things do end. And while endings are hard, this was handled beautifully. Well done! 

A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn Levinson writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for kids. Her books have received many accolades. As Allison Brook, she writes the Haunted Library series. Death Overdue, the first in the series, was an Agatha nominee for Best Contemporary Novel in 2018. Other mysteries include the Golden Age of Mystery Book Club series, the Twin Lakes series, and Giving Up the Ghost. Her romantic suspense, Come Home to Death, was released on April 30, 2024, and her romantic suspense, Dangerous Relations, will be republished in 2025.

Marilyn’s juvenile novel, Rufus and Magic Run Amok, was an International Reading Association-Children’s Book Council Children’s Choice and recently appeared in a new edition. And Don’t Bring Jeremy was a nominee for six state awards. Her YA horror, The Devil’s Pawn, came out in a new edition in January 2024.

Marilyn lives on Long Island, where many of her books take place. She loves traveling, reading, doing crossword puzzles and Sudoku, chatting on FaceTime with her grandkids, and playing with her kittens, Romeo and Juliet.

Author Links:

Website:  http://www.marilynlevinson.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.levinson.10?ref=ts&fref=ts
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/161602.Marilyn_Levinson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarilynLevinson ; https://twitter.com/AllisonBrookML
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/marilyn-levinson; https://www.bookbub.com/authors/allison-brook
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/marilev/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marilynlevinsonauthor/

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

• August 6 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
• August 6 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT
• August 6 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST
• August 7 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – AUTHOR GUEST POST
• August 7 – Angel’s Book Nook – CHARACTER GUEST POST
• August 7 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW  
• August 8 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
• August 8 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• August 8 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• August 9 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
• August 9 – ebook Addicts – REVIEW
• August 9 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
• August 10 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
• August 10 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
• August 10 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 11 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 11 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
• August 11 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 12 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
• August 12 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
• August 12 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
• August 13 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
• August 13 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
• August 13 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

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