A Mystery at the Library: Prequel Novella (The Corner Bookshop Cozy Mysteries)

Ellie Harper has spent twenty-five years as an archivist at Ashbourne Library in Providence, building a careful life while raising her daughter alone. She finds comfort in order and knowing where everything belongs. When her daughter's Boston wedding approaches, Ellie learns that the library's rare collections will be transferred to a state archive, making her role obsolete. Shortly after, valuable books begin disappearing from the library. What initially appears to be clerical errors during the transfer soon reveals itself as deliberate theft. Suspecting an inside culprit, Ellie quietly investigates her co-workers. As she sets a trap to identify the thief, her investigation threatens her own position at the library. The situation erodes workplace trust and jeopardizes the career-long friendships and life she has built. Set between Providence and Boston, this prequel novella reveals the mystery that transforms Ellie's life and leads her to a small coastal town in Maine, where a bookshop and a new beginning await.