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Buried in the Stacks
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
16 posts | 12 read | 1 reading | 8 to read
Librarian Carrie Singleton is building a haven, but one of her neighbors is misbehavin'. Can resident spirit Evelyn help Carrie catch the culprit who made her a ghost? In winter, the Haunted Library is a refuge for homeless townspeople. When a group purchases a vacant house to establish a daytime haven for the homeless, Carrie offers the library as a meeting place for the Haven House committee, but quickly learns that it may be used for illegal activities. As the new Sunshine Delegate, Carrie heads to the hospital to visit her cantankerous colleague, Dorothy, who had fallen outside the local supermarket. She tells Carrie that her husband tried to kill her--and that he murdered her Aunt Evelyn, the library's resident ghost, six years earlier. And then Dorothy is murdered--run off the road as soon as she returns to work. Evelyn implores Carrie to find her niece's killer, but that's no easy task: Dorothy had made a hobby of blackmailing her neighbors and colleagues. Carrie, Evelyn, and Smoky Joe the cat are on the case, but are the library cards stacked against them?
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ElizaMarie
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Mehso-so

So I went back and saw that I wrote about how I enjoyed the first book in this series (Death Overdue) but this one…. Eh… I was not a fan of. The mystery felt lack luster, the way they discussed the unhoused people ranged from sympathetic to judgmental. All in all I would say “so-so” because I feel generous. #SeasonalCozies

House panther 🦞confused in a sweater :)

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
julieclair It‘s always so disappointing when a series doesn‘t live up to its potential. 😕 3mo
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ElizaMarie
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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I started this as my Audio Backlog book and incorporate the #SeasonalCozies @JulieClair group. The blurb says that the setting is winter. So far they have used “winter“ as a way to explain transient individuals camping out in the library. (Not really enjoying all the judgmental talk on the homeless population).

But just got to the murder, will work not this one a little bit longer to see if it gets better.

Pic of Zoey being extra lazy. #PugLife

Sparklemn Lazy Zoey is adorable! 3mo
julieclair Even if the book isn‘t great, Zoey is adorable! 3mo
BookmarkTavern She is so cute! 💖 3mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
WJCintron 😍😍🥹🥰 3mo
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Kristin_Reads
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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My #BookSpin choices for September!
Nos. 1-10 and 11-20.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
Megabooks I read the island of missing right after nywd lists were due or else it would‘ve been on mine! I hope you enjoy it! 2y
Kristin_Reads @Megabooks Thank you! I‘m so glad this one was one of the numbers drawn this month! 2y
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jlhammar Some fantastic reads there! I loved Excellent Women, Saints for All Occasions and The Island of Missing Trees. 2y
Kristin_Reads @jlhammar Oh! Good to know… I‘ll move those up on my list :) 2y
MrsK Great mix of books! Looking at the Pym and Taylor to add to my stack😊. 2y
MrsK Great mix of books! Looking at the Pym and Taylor to add to my stack😊. 2y
Kristin_Reads @MrsK I can‘t wait to read those! 2y
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Hooked_on_books
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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After a month hiatus from #bookspinbingo, I am rejoining for August. Here‘s my stacks. I can‘t wait to see where the numbers fall!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Avanders
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Finished the cozy, by audio - 3rd in the series. Always happy to visit Carrie in the library. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Reading Vladimir for #RealLifeBookGroup… cover removed to avoid certain conversations 😬

And mailed all the things!
#SpookySummerSwap #StaycationinTimeSwap #SITS #LitsySliceofSummerSwap #SliceofSummerSwap #SliceofSummer #CoffeeBeanBookClub #cbbc

And now… for a no-swapping period 😳🚫

AmyG I told myself no more swaps until your cosy swap starts the fall season. 🤣 2y
Avanders @AmyG that seems like the right amount of time for me to recover!! 🫢😂 2y
Chrissyreadit 😘🎉 I wish I had more swap control. 2y
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Avanders @Chrissyreadit seriously!! 😜😘♥️ 2y
paperwitchs Nice!! 2y
Catsandbooks Yay! 😎☀️🍋 2y
BethM Im with @AmyG I‘m banning myself til then lol 2y
Avanders @paperwitchs 👻🤍 @Catsandbooks 👏🏽👏🏽💃🏽 @BethM it‘s so hard to do sometimes … 🫣🫣🫣 2y
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kspenmoll
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Trying to catch up on reviews #cozy #library
This cozy features a librarian who works in a haunted library. When a colleague is murdered, she, the ghost Evelyn,& Smokey Joe, the library cat together solve the crime. Peppered with big, such as homelessness,& small issues that libraries may face adds to the reality that libraries strive to be safe places for humanity.

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kspenmoll
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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#cozy #libraryfind #coffeeandbooks

Enjoying this cozy mystery, set in a library. Home from school today: snow day!!❄️❄️❄️

SamanthaMarie I really enjoyed this series!! I am hopeful for another 🤞🏻 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Thank you so much @BookBosomed1 for this book. I‘m enjoying this cozy series. And thank you for the local chocolates, I love trying chocolate from different areas. The bonus bookmark is super cute.

Happy Holidays. #jolabokaflodswap

BookBosomed1 Seems like a cute series! 2y
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Butterfinger
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Panpan

I was disappointed. I enjoyed the first two, but there were no complications in her relationship with Dylan. Not even when she confessed about her ability to communicate with ghosts. Nothing. I want the gothic smartaleck librarian back. If you only read for the murder mystery, that was a letdown too.

#Scarathlon #TeamHarkness @StayCurious

16 points

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Jen2
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Love a good cozy!

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KathyWheeler
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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This was an entertaining enough cozy mystery with characters I liked. I don‘t think I realized exactly how many mystery series there are with a librarian and a cat as the main characters! Then Brook adds a 3rd mystery trope that I really had no idea was so prevalent until recently— the mc is assisted, or at least pested, by a ghost. I‘m also reading Dreamland, which is excellent, because we‘re considering it for our Common Read program.

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KathyWheeler
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Really tired from my long trip, so I‘m sitting in bed in my pjs reading this.

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Tera66
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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The first read of the year. Love me some cozy mysteries! This one is as cheesy as they come, but I love cheese.🧀🧀🧀

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Gingermint2000
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Carrie is a librarian with something different. She has a ghost librarian, Evelyn, that talks to her in the library. When Dorothy, Evelyn's niece, is murdered Carrie feels obligated to help find the murderer. There are several people in the community that aren't model citizens and may have had something against Dorothy since she was not liked.
This was a good cozy read.

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Dollycas
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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A well-written story full of twists that was a lot of fun to read. The characters are believable and leaped off the page.

Be aware when you start reading the books in this series they are hard to put down.
Read full Review Here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2019/09/12/buried-in-the-stacks-a-haunted-lib...

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aprilpohren
Buried in the Stacks | Allison Brook
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Finished this a couple days ago and really enjoyed it! It is the 3rd in the series, but I have not read the others and still really liked it. Usually I don't do that, but it was on #netgalley and sounded really good! Lol! #cozymystery