"Jacqueline Finch and her mystical, magical bookshop is back in this third entry of the bestselling Three Tomes Bookshop series!

Spring is in full swing in lakefront Button Cove, and Jacqueline is embracing her new life - her friends, her new home, the crones down the street, and especially the detective with a hot-Viking vibe. It's not half bad, considering the fact that she has the bickering literary characters of Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock's landlady) and the dour, creepy housekeeper Mrs. Danvers from Rebecca "helping" her to run the bookshop, and her nemesis Egala Stone is opening her own store down the block.

And then there's the handsome new undertaker - er, mortician - who's taken over the town funeral parlor and who has all the women ga-ga over him - including Jacqueline's friends. Things get a little weird when Detective Massermey's daughter seeks out help from Jacqueline, but surely she can handle that…right?

But when an old book falls off the shelf, signaling the arrival of yet another literary character Jacqueline has to deal with, and strange accidents and thefts begin to happen in Button Cove, Jacqueline once again finds herself in a big, fat mess."

Few things make me happier than a new Colleen Gleason book!

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Not only does Ms. Gleason's book make you want to read her other books, it also will have you researching other genres, books and authors. This is the third book in the series. It can be read as a standalone. You will devour this book and absolutely fall in love with the characters. Netflix or Hulu would do well to make this a series, similar to the Good Witch series on. Lifetime. There is so much potential for future book that I hope Ms. Gleason will continue the series.

It was an okay book I thought it was going to have ghosts in it even if it was a mystery book, talked a lot about plants it was a bit boring the characters were dull. So i am giving it 3 stars.

4/5 stars! This was like a grown-up version of "Pagemaster." I really enjoyed this story. The premise was unique and fun and I hadn't realized this was the 3rd book in the series. I need to go back and read the first two because the author has a hilarious voice and I chuckled out loud several times during this story. Such an interesting take on the mystery novel and thoroughly enjoyable.

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Thanks to the publisher for allowing me to read this eARC

I DNF'D at 30%. I just didn't like the writing or the characters and it was incredibly slow and boring. Interesting premise I just couldn't get into it.

I enjoyed this book. I like the concept of characters from the books coming alive. A lot of my favorite books are mentioned which is great. There’s some twists and turns but I did guess who the real villain is before the ending. #StakesCakesandMandakes #NetGalley