Lethal Literature

Running an independent bookstore in small-town Hazel Rock Texas doesn't sound like a high-risk pursuit. But when a fundraiser reveals a story with a truly killer ending Charli Rae Warren will need to scramble to sort out the deadly plot...<P>Sponsoring the literacy drive to benefit the foster care system should be a feel-good endeavor but one of Charli's helpers is definitely on another page. Charli's dad is distracted and keeping something secret which Charli suspects is a harmless flirtation with an attractive county clerk who offered to lend them a hand. It's nothing to worry about-until the same clerk winds up dead...<P>When nosy locals begin pointing fingers Charli finds herself entangled in a race to uncover the killer's identity-and to get to the bottom of a shattering family secret that could rewrite her history in alarming ways. Suddenly Charli is facing her worst fears and her childhood nemesis in order to unmask a murderer-before he silences her for good... </p>