Murder by the Book was written by LDS author Betsy Brannon Green. The story is told by the main character, Kennedy Killingsworth, a young librarian in the small town of Midway. After an older man in the town comes in to the library and signs up for a library card, she hears of his supposed suicide that same day and doesn't really believe that he would do that. Why sign up for a library card if you're planning on killing yourself? She expresses her concern to the local sheriff who allows her to help with an investigation of his death as long as she works with the deputy Cade, her ex-husband. She agrees to this in her eagerness to find out what really happened. Cade takes this as a sign that she might want to get back together with him and tries to keep asking her out.
During her investigations, she also attracts the attention of some other young men in the town: Luke Scoggins, the nephew of the man who died; Drake Langston, the rich man who was waiting on the dead man for a land deal in his new development project; and Sloan, the head of Drake's construction team. The only problem is, she's not sure if she can trust any of them as they are all suspects. What starts out as something exiting that Kennedy's only read about in the books she loves, suddenly becomes very real when she finds out that her life could be in danger if she keeps digging to find the truth about what really happened to Luke's uncle.
This book is written very well, with lots of action and unpredictable events happening. I was a little disappointed with the ending. It wrapped up the story and answered all the questions of what happened with the mysterious death, but it leaves what happens in the future open to question, which is okay but makes me wish there was more. Overall, it was a very good read.
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