By Lucy Richardson of the Lighthouse Library series by Eva Gates
If there’s a Halloween Grinch, I’m it.
But in that I seem to be in a minority.
It’s late October in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the spooky season is fast approaching. At the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, we’re gearing up to celebrate it in style with displays of the creepy for adults and children. We will keep everything tasteful, of course. (Is that at all possible?).
We’re having three events that day: one for younger children, one for teenagers, and then an evening party for the adults. Fortunately, the parties are being catered by Josie’s Cozy Bakery, so I know the treats will be to-die-for. The Saturday before the big day, Louise Jane’s giving a talk on haunted legends of the Outer Banks, and we’re expecting a big turnout for that. And, if that wasn’t enough, the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library Classic Novel Reading club is reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving.
I’m surrounded by ghosts.
Fictional ghosts, of course. There’s no such thing as real ghosts.
Or is there? I didn’t really see something moving out in the marsh in the night, did I?
The Lighthouse Library series has moved to Crooked Lane Books, and the fourth in the series, THE SPOOK IN THE STACKS, will be released on June 12.
Here's a short description:
Halloween in North Carolina’s Outer Banks becomes seriously tricky when librarian Lucy Richardson stumbles across something extra unusual in the rare books section: a dead body.
Wealthy businessman Jay Ruddle is considering donating his extensive collection of North Carolina historical documents to the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, but the competition for the collection is fierce. Unfortunately, while the library is hosting a lecture on ghostly legends, Jay becomes one of the dearly departed in the rare books section. Now, it’s up to Lucy Richardson and her fellow librarians to bone up on their detective skills and discover who is responsible for this wicked Halloween homicide.
Meanwhile, very strange things are happening at the library―haunted horses are materializing in the marsh, the lights seem to have an eerie life of their own, and the tiny crew of a model ship appears to move around when no one is watching. Is Lucy at her wit’s end? Or can it be that the Bodie Island Lighthouse really is haunted?
With The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on everyone’s minds and ghoulish gossip on everyone’s lips, Lucy will need to separate the clues from the boos if she wants to crack this case without losing her head in The Spook in the Stacks.
Wealthy businessman Jay Ruddle is considering donating his extensive collection of North Carolina historical documents to the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, but the competition for the collection is fierce. Unfortunately, while the library is hosting a lecture on ghostly legends, Jay becomes one of the dearly departed in the rare books section. Now, it’s up to Lucy Richardson and her fellow librarians to bone up on their detective skills and discover who is responsible for this wicked Halloween homicide.
Meanwhile, very strange things are happening at the library―haunted horses are materializing in the marsh, the lights seem to have an eerie life of their own, and the tiny crew of a model ship appears to move around when no one is watching. Is Lucy at her wit’s end? Or can it be that the Bodie Island Lighthouse really is haunted?
With The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on everyone’s minds and ghoulish gossip on everyone’s lips, Lucy will need to separate the clues from the boos if she wants to crack this case without losing her head in The Spook in the Stacks.
#GIVEAWAY!
To celebrate its new home, Eva would like to give an advance review copy of The Spook in the Stacks to one lucky reader. Or, for those who haven’t started the series yet, we have a copy of the first, By Book or by Crook, to offer. Please leave a comment below to enter. US and Canada entries. Contest ends Saturday June 2.
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I have not started the series yet and love lighthouses and The Outer Banks,
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It should be right up your alley!
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ReplyDeleteI love this series because I work in a library, too! Looking forward to this new book.
ReplyDeleteI have the first 3 in paperback..have not started them yet..would love a copy of the 4th! I love lighthouses, mysteries and Halloween!!
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ReplyDeleteI would SO love this!!! Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteCannot Wait for the fourth book! Just finished listening to the thirst three again to prepare!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity. I can not wait for thi book to come out!
ReplyDeleteHalloween spooky tales are always fun to read...thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
ReplyDeleteThey're even funner to make up.
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