The Reserved Shelf: 9

Wrackline Harbor is preparing to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its most beloved novel when the woman planning to reveal a devastating secret about it is murdered.For half a century, the town has celebrated one famous author.But papers hidden inside a book at Casebound suggest there should have been two.Former Manhattan financial-crimes attorney Cassandra Mercer knows that money, ownership, and reputation leave trails. As she follows old manuscripts, accounting records, and fifty years of carefully protected loyalties, she begins uncovering who profited when one writer was erased from history.The discovery rattles a town proud of its literary legacy.And someone is determined to keep the past exactly as everyone remembers it.Cassandra has to find the killer before the truth about Wrackline's most cherished story is buried for good.Perfect for readers of Louise Penny, Richard Osman, and Ann Cleeves.