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What do a stone book and a stabbed cake have to do with Zoë Carter's death?

(photos by Sheila Connolly)

Once a struggling town, Stoneham, New Hampshire is now enjoying a renaissance--thanks to booksellers like Tricia Miles, proprietor of Haven’t Got a Clue. It’s a great place to find a good mystery to read--or to solve ….

To celebrate her bookstore’s anniversary, Tricia Miles hosts a book signing for bestselling author Zoë Carter. But the event takes a terrible turn when the author is found dead in the washroom. Before long, both police and reporters are demanding the real story. So far, the author’s obnoxious assistant/niece is the only suspect. And with a sheriff who provides more obstacles than answers, Tricia will have to take matters into her own hands--and read between the lines to solve this mystery….

Gumshoe Review
"Interesting characters, growing interrelationships, plausible reasons for crime and an amateur to get involved in finding the answers--it's like visiting friends and having an adventure rolled into one book after another."

Roundtable Reviews
"BOOKMARKED FOR DEATH is the second installment of the Booktown Mystery series, a series that will quickly gain a dedicated readership. If anyone has the formula for a frolicking fun mystery down pat, it's Lorna Barrett. The read is light and sheer entertainment. A good rollicking read."

Mystery Scene Magazine
A bookstore owner's worst nightmare--the author found dead in the washroom--starts off Lorna Barrett's charming Bookmarked for Death. Tricia Miles, the owner of Haven't Got a Clue bookstore in the little town of Stoneham, New Hampshire, better solve this mystery before she takes the fall.

Mystery News
Bookmarked for Death is a good cozy. The characters are likable and the puzzle is intriguing.

Book Illuminations/Merrimon Book Reviews
"Clever twists in the mystery puzzle take readers on a journey through the intricate layers of book publishing. BOOKMARKED FOR DEATH is a mystery to be cherished by insiders in the book world -- from authors and agents to readers...."

"Fans of Carolyn Hart and Denise Swanson rejoice! The latest gem in Lorna Barrett's Booktown series, BOOKMARKED FOR DEATH sparkles. This first-rate cozy artfully blends crime, cuisine and even bookselling in a cheerful, witty, well-plotted puzzler."
--Julia Spencer-Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of I SHALL NOT WANT

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