Taking up where the last book left off, we see librarian Lucy become involved in another puzzler to solve. At the end of the last book, they had discovered a huge crack in the foundation of the library. While fixing it, the workman find a mysterious box, which begins our librarian's newest situation. The origins of the contents of the box are not immediately obvious which leads to a lot of speculation and quite possibly the newest body. Lucy gets caught up in trying to solve the puzzle of the box and what it means. During the book, there are parallels drawn with the book club's latest selection, The Journey to the Center of the Earth. Lucy solves the mystery with help from a surprising person. The book is an entertaining read, with lots of well developed characters. You are drawn in and interested in what happens to them. I did figure out who did it before the big reveal but only because I was paying attention. I do have to say, please tell the author the difference between currant/current and discreet/discrete. They are not interchangable.

Eva Gates
Read and Buried.
Loved this book my favourite so far.
The description of the lighthouse full of books is my kind of place.
Plenty of suspects in the killing of Jeremy Hughes who broke into the library looking for the map to buried treasure.
Lucy goes sleuthing to solve this mystery.
Great read love the characters
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for advance copy for a honest review.
Can’t wait for the next book.

Read and Buried is a great mystery with wonderful characters. I loved the storyline and location. I would recommend this book for other people to read.

I really enjoy reading the books in this series.
The idea of a library in a lighthouse is fun and the characters are easy to relate to.
This book involved a buried treasure and murder, and kept me guessing until the end.

Art imitates life as a book group reads Journey to the Center of the Earth, and a group of workers attempting to repair the foundation under the Bodie Island Lighthouse finds a treasure. Inside a tin box, librarian Lucy Richardson finds a Civil War era diary and what looks like what might be a treasure map. Needless to say, the news spreads fast and everyone wants a gander at the map. But excitement turns to terror when Lucy finds the body of historical society member Jeremy Hughes in the library. Jeremy wasn’t the only one to break into the library, because it appears the killer made off with the map. With plenty of suspects, Lucy is determined to find the killer and the missing map. I love this series, the location is so cool, I wish my library was inside a lighthouse!