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Nora escaped her past a decade ago. So it feels like a visit from another world when Kelly Walsh—the woman her ex-husband left her for—walks through the door of Miracle Books along with her son. Kelly hasn't come to gloat, though. As it turns out, she's been dumped too. She's also terribly ill, and all she wants from Nora is forgiveness.
Shockingly, however, this woman who's been the victim of so much misfortune is about to become a murder victim. Who would do such a thing? Certainly not Nora, but that doesn't stop the gossip and suspicion—especially after Kelly's brother claims that he saw the two women arguing.
In seeking justice for Kelly, The Secret, Book, and Scone Society joins forces with the sheriff's department, but they've barely begun their probe when life throws another wrench. After serving a twenty-year sentence, Estella's father returns to Miracle Springs. And when his past comes back to haunt him, it might be more than the four friends can handle.
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Ellery Adams. (2023). Paper Cuts. Kensington Books.
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- Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is famed for its healing springs. But bookstore owner Nora Pennington has a tendency to land in a different kind of hot water. Though she loves to practice bibliotherapy by finding the perfect books for her customers while listening to their secrets, she also likes to bury her nose in the occasional local crime . . .
Nora escaped her past a decade ago. So it feels like a visit from another world when Kelly Walsh—the woman her ex-husband left her for—walks through the door of Miracle Books along with her son. Kelly hasn't come to gloat, though. As it turns out, she's been dumped too. She's also terribly ill, and all she wants from Nora is forgiveness.
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A bookstore owner is framed for murder. Nora Pennington, who owns Miracle Books in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, has a supportive circle of friends calling themselves The Secret, Book, and Scone Society. Her relationship with Sheriff Grant McCabe provides both strength and complications when she has a run-in with Kelly Walsh, her ex-husband Lawrence's second wife. When Nora and her friends visit a new cafe in town, they meet owners Kirk and Val Walsh, who have an odd reaction to her, perhaps because of the burn scars she got in a car accident that still haunts her. But it turns out that they recognize her as Lawrence's first wife; his current wife, Kelly, is Kirk's sister, and they've come to town to help her since she's dying of cancer. Kelly has a son, Tucker, who's neurodivergent. When Nora discovers that Kelly was the pregnant other woman she briefly met before she left Lawrence and that Tucker is Lawrence's son, she loses it, pushing Kelly aside just to get away. When Kelly is found dead of asphyxiation shortly afterward, Nora's friends insist that she get a lawyer, since her relationship with the sheriff puts both of them in a tough position, and a new deputy assumes that Nora is guilty. Nora and her sleuthing friends learn that Lawrence has acquired other wives, another child, and a string of lovers while building his wealth through questionable business practices. Now he shows up in town because he wants to build a casino nearby. Kirk's request that Nora evaluate some books that Tucker's grandmother has left him adds still more complications when they turn out to be worth a small fortune. Through it all, Nora remains on the hook, and her continuing investigations put her in the sights of both the law and the killer. Red herrings abound along with plenty of tips on choosing books.COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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