Checked Out (The Village Library Mysteries Book 1)

Librarian Ann Beckett is set up on a blind date with Roger Walton by a well-meaning patron. When she arrives at his house, she finds him dead beside a smoking grill. As the person who discovered the body, Ann becomes a focus of police questioning, and rumors spread through the small town of Whitby. Roger had several people with potential motives: a bitter former coworker, family members with undisclosed tensions, and a complicated past. While managing the library, dealing with curious patrons, and caring for a stray cat that has entered her life, Ann investigates the murder. She worries that if she doesn't uncover the killer, another Whitby resident could be in danger. This is the first book in Elizabeth Spann Craig's Village Library Mystery series.