To the Tome of Murder (Large Print)

Description

Three weeks before Thanksgiving, bookshop owner Addie Greyborne already has a full plate--and a killer on her case... Addies determined to turn a seemingly ordinary November in coastal Greyborne Harbor into one for the books. The windows of her shop display carefully curated works by American writers, including a rare selection of traditional holiday recipes from the influential 19th-century publication Godeys Ladies Magazine. And then theres the towns Civil War-era themed cooking and baking competition, with a hefty cash prize and free publicity going to the winning dish... But when she finds her cousins boyfriend murdered, a stunned Addie reluctantly realizes she may be the only person who can blow the cover off a grisly crime. With so many unanswered questions surrounding the victims death, Addie must figure out the strange connection between a mysterious vintage briefcase, the disappearance of a first edition copy of Sarah Josepha Hales famous nursery rhyme, Mary Had a Little Lamb, and a dangerously well-read culprit...