The Stranger in the Library

A Lighthouse Library Mystery, Book 11

De: Eva Gates

Narrado por: Elise Arsenault

When a traveling show of impressionist art comes to Nags Head, North Carolina, librarian Lucy and the staff at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library are inspired to create an educational display about art history. Their launch of the display is a huge success, but the morning after, they discover that a reproduction of a famous painting has gone missing. No one knows why anyone would bother stealing it: the picture is of no value—the real, priceless painting is under lock and key at the art show itself.

Lucy gets an invite to the glitzy opening night for the real show, where she notices unusual tension among the show’s organizers. Then, the man scheduled to give the welcoming speech fails to arrive, and a party-goer is discovered drowned in a fish pond.

Meanwhile, Louise Jane is totally captivated by Tom Reilly, a handsome, charming art dealer lurking at the edges of the receptions on both nights. Tom slipped away from the party early, and he cannot be located by the police. Who, Lucy asks, is Tom Reilly, the shadowy figure threatening to break Louise Jane’s heart?

Something is afoot in Nags Head, and it’s up to Lucy and her friends to get to the bottom of it before it’s not just paintings being framed.

©2024 Eva Gates (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Lucy and Louise Jane

I really enjoy the Lighthouse library mysteries. Lucy and Louise Jane are an interesting pair.

Cozy, Fun, Positive Stories and Characters

This series is fun and perfect cozy mysteries. I’ve learned all sorts of tidbits of knowledge on history, art, about the area the stories take place, and good tips on authors and books I’ve listened to after they mention them in the books. Light and fun for listening to while in the car or at home. Appropriate for pretty much any age group too.

5 stars

The Stranger in the Library is a well written cozy mystery with engaging characters and and entertaining plot. I look forward to the next book.

Great Continuation of this Series!

The author does a good job of getting the reader’s interest quickly in the storyline and keeps it. I love the reader and a follow from chapter to character. I can’t wait for the next book.

Happy there is another book in the series!

I was thrilled when I saw another book in this much loved series was coming! Overall, it was very good. I really enjoyed the developing friendship between Lucy and Louise Jane. However, I missed some of the regular characters in the other books that barely got a mention or no mention at all. I need to know what is going on with everyone!

Lucy is at it again

another wonderful story from the Lighthouse library. An art exhibit, a dead body, and a painting missing then returned. Fun story and a very good ending.

A Big Change

Our heroine can’t always work with the police! But love and friendship win out. Very Good

Good Plot, Good Characters

I really like the development of the friendship between Lucy and LJ. I did miss Charles being more involved and his intuition.

Boring!!!

I love this series, but this one was terribly boring and dull. I had a hard time getting through it!

excellent narrator

disliked how silly the cat drama was; like he was human. But the story is good a d the narrator is excellent.