Publisher: Berkley
Published: April 5, 2016
ISBN: 978-0451470959
Genre: Cozy
Mystery
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
THREE HEARTS
To celebrate Lighthouse library manager Charlene’s ten year anniversary
resident librarian Lucy Richardson and the rest of the group plan a surprise
party. The party is a huge success. As things wind down Lucy retires to her
quarters upstairs from the library and settles in for a quiet evening. Before she can get entirely comfortable,
however, she spies some strange lights out on the shore. The Coast Guard is on the job and rescues
what turns out to be a stranded boat.
But then the next day one of the people who was on the recently rescued
boat turns up dead. While resident paranormal investigator and fan
Louise Jane is sure it’s the work of long dead ship wrecked sailors, Lucy is
sure the culprit is a modern day, very much alive murderer. When it looks like her friend, Stephanie,
could be the killer, Lucy steps up to prove her innocence. It isn’t long until she is entangled in a
mystery that is much more than a simple murder.
I have to admit I’m pretty taken with the idea of living in a
lighthouse. What makes this series even
better is that the lighthouse is also a library. What more could a read-a-holic want than a
great, cozy location to settle in to read a good book…and to have all the
latest reads at her disposal? That is
the world Eva Gates creates for her readers in her Lighthouse Library
mysteries. She takes readers beyond the
lighthouse to the Outer Banks giving you a real sense of what it’s like to live
or just visit there.
Gates treats readers to some fun characters too. Lucy is the kind of character you’d like to
have come to life as your friend. She’s
smart, loyal and creative. Louise Jane
is your basic nut. Some of her antics
are entertaining. Others make me want to
tell Lucy and the other characters to sit the woman down an set her straight on
her special kind of crazy.
Like virtually all cozy authors these days Gates has a love
triangle between Eva, Butch and Connor.
While these love triangles do a good job of adding to a word count, they
really do nothing to move the mystery along.
As I’ve said before, if I want to read a romance, I’ll pick one up. For my cozies I like quirky characters with a
smart amateur sleuth and a good mystery.
While the relationships between the characters develops in each
new book, if you are reading for the mystery, they do not need to be read in
order. If you’re looking for a fun read this one is a
definite choice.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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