The Stranger in the Library (A Lighthouse Library Mystery Book 11)

Lucy, a librarian at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library in Nags Head, North Carolina, is organizing an educational art history display to coincide with a traveling impressionist art show. The display launch goes well, but the next morning a reproduction painting is discovered missing. Though the stolen piece has no monetary value—the authentic, valuable painting remains secured at the art show—the theft raises questions. At the glitzy opening night of the real exhibition, Lucy observes tension among the organizers. The scheduled speaker fails to appear, and a party guest is found drowned in a fish pond. Meanwhile, Louise Jane becomes drawn to Tom Reilly, a charming art dealer present at both events. Tom leaves the party early and cannot be located by police. Lucy and her friends must investigate the strange occurrences in Nags Head to uncover what is really happening before the situation escalates beyond missing artwork.