The Spook in the Stacks

Halloween is fast approaching. The Bodie Island Lighthouse Library in the Outer Banks is decorating plus getting ready for the spooky day. Lucy Richardson, the assistant librarian has her book group reading The Legend of Sleepy Hallow. The children librarian has planned stories and costume parties for his group of children. Louise Jane has a Ghost Story Lecture Series being presented. A collection of North Carolina historical documents owned by prominent collector, Jay Riddle is considering donating these to the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library. He, his granddaughter and private curator have come to tour the Lighthouse Library. Jay is especially interested in the rare books and documents section. While his granddaughter and curator attend an outside event of ghost stories, Jay requests to go into the rare books section. Lucy discovers Jay there...dead...murdered!! Who would want to kill Jay Riddle?? When Lucy starts her own investigation, she discovers he did not make many friends so she has a lot of viable suspects. She is determined to bring the culprit to justice. After Jay’s death strange phenomenons occur inside and outside the lighthouse. Lucy experiences flickering light, a model ship with inanimate captain, cat and sailors seem to move around on their own. The most puzzling is the ghostly horse Lucy sees through the fog. Is the area haunted? I enjoyed this book....I love the Outer Banks and all the stories revolving around them... I love lighthouses and collect lighthouse memorabilia. The characters are very well created. Charles, the cat who is essential to aiding Lucy in identify the culprit lives in the lighthouse. He stays in the room where Lucy lives inside the lighthouse at night and roams the library during the day. Charles adds to the story. There is even a hint of a serious romance beginning. This is book # 4 in the Lighthouse Library Mysteries series. It can be read as a stand alone.