Jane and her fiance, Edwin, are headed to the North Carolina coast for a much-needed vacation. Steward tries to take a quick break of her own, it leads to a real-life mystery that's far from relaxing. It's the perfect getaway for book lovers, but when resort manager Jane. Murder in the Book Lover's Loft (Paperback)įor bibliophiles who love Rita Mae Brown and Alexander McCall Smith, New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams is sure to delight with her newest novel set at Virginia's book-themed resort, Storyton Hall. Fortunately, Jane is well versed in sleuthing and won't rest until she gives the killer a taste of poetic justice. When a second body is discovered, also holding a page from a poetry book, a recurring MO emerges. But the Tennyson Trail leads to a grim surprise- a woman's corpse drifting in a rowboat on a lake, a crumpled copy of "The Lady of Shallot" in her lifeless fist.
They're everywhere, scrawling verses on cocktail napkins in the reading rooms or seeking inspiration strolling the Poet's Walk, a series of trails named after famous authors. As Jane eagerly anticipates the wedding of her best friend Eloise Alcott, Storyton Hall is overrun with poets in town to compete for a coveted greeting card contract. sn't stanza chance when resort manager Jane Steward is on the case! When corpses clutching poems begin turning up around Storyton Hall, resort manager Jane Steward is on the trail of someone exercising poetic license to kill. And in the latest witty installment from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams, a killer inspired by Lord Alfred Tennyson's "The Lady of Shallot" doe.
For bibliophiles who want to get away from it all, Virginia's book-themed resort Storyton Hall offers the perfect escape.
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