Booking for Trouble

Library budgets are always under threat, but coastal Connecticut’s Briar Creek Library is under major assault from a new cost-cutting member of the town council. In a move to better integrate the library in the community, Director Lindsey Norris comes up with the idea for a book-boat. It’s like a bookmobile, only on the water, and is able to serve the small islands that surround the town. The boat’s early outings are successful until Lindsey discovers the body of a woman who’s not a friend of the library. All sorts of old family feuds; issues with a snobby, exclusive club; and artistic rivalries are brought to the forefront. Excessive meanness and greed seem to be taking over the once charming and welcoming community, and though the police are capable, the wrong person is arrested. As in many situations, it takes a librarian to save the day and bring order back to the situation. A fun, easy, and friendly read.