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The Broken Spine - (A Beloved Bookroom Mystery) by Dorothy St James (Paperback)

The Broken Spine - (A Beloved Bookroom Mystery) by  Dorothy St James (Paperback) - 1 of 1
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  • When small-town assistant librarian Tru Beckett sets up a secret book room in her newly modernized library, she discovers that protecting the printed word is harder than she'd ever imagined.
  • About the Author: A lover of puzzles and perhaps a bit too nosy about other people's lives, author Dorothy St. James is a former Folly Beach beach bum.
  • 336 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
  • Series Name: A Beloved Bookroom Mystery

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Includes an excerpt from the author's A perfect bind.



Book Synopsis



When small-town assistant librarian Tru Beckett sets up a secret book room in her newly modernized library, she discovers that protecting the printed word is harder than she'd ever imagined. In fact, it's murder.

Trudell Becket, known to her friends as Tru, finds herself in a bind when her library in lovely Cypress, South Carolina, is turned into a state-of-the-art bookless "technological center." A library with no books breaks Tru's book-loving heart so she decides to rescue hundreds of beloved tomes slated for the town dump. Under the cover of darkness, Tru, along with her best friends--coffee shop owner Tori Green and mysterious bestselling author Flossie Finnegan-Baker--set up a secret bookroom in the library's basement and prepare to open it to their most loyal, trustworthy patrons.

But as Tru and her crew are putting the finishing touches on their new book room, the town manager, who was behind the big push for the library's transformation, is crushed by an overturned shelf of DVDs. Tru becomes the prime suspect as she hadn't hid the fact that she hated having all of those wonderful books replaced by tablets and computers. But if she gives the police her alibi, she'll have to explain about the secret book room and risk losing the books.

Tru knows she's in a heap of trouble, and it doesn't help that the officer in charge of the case is her old crush from high school, who broke her teenaged heart. To keep herself out of jail and her beloved bookroom up and running, Tru--with the help of Tori, Flossie, and a brown tabby stray cat named Dewey Decimal--decides to investigate. And faster than you can say "Shhhh!" Tru quickly finds herself on the same page with a killer who would love to write her final chapter. . . .



About the Author



A lover of puzzles and perhaps a bit too nosy about other people's lives, author Dorothy St. James is a former Folly Beach beach bum. She now lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with her husband, precocious daughter, slightly (okay, terribly) needy dogs, and the friendliest cat you'd ever meet. Author of a dozen novels, Dorothy enjoys writing both cozy mysteries and romance. Her works have been nominated for many awards, including the Southern Independent Bookseller's Alliance Southern Book Prize, the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the Romance Reviews Today Perfect 10! Award.
Dimensions (Overall): 6.7 Inches (H) x 4.1 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .39 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Series Title: A Beloved Bookroom Mystery
Publisher: Berkley Books
Theme: Amateur Sleuth
Format: Paperback
Author: Dorothy St James
Language: English
Street Date: August 3, 2021
TCIN: 88907732
UPC: 9780593098585
Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-4153
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.9 inches length x 4.1 inches width x 6.7 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.39 pounds
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