Mystery Book Club: By Book or By Crook

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm UTC-06:00

200 N 4th St, Clear Lake, IA, United States, Iowa 50428 | Clear Lake

Clear Lake Public Library
Publisher/HostClear Lake Public Library
Mystery Book Club: By Book or By Crook
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The Mystery Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm in the library.
By Book or By Crook by Eva Gates: For ten years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family’s social whorl or her sort-of-engagement to the staid son of her father’s law partner. But when her ten-year relationship implodes, Lucy realizes that the plot of her life is in need of a serious rewrite.

Calling on her aunt Ellen, Lucy hopes that a little fun in the Outer Banks sun—and some confections from her cousin Josie’s bakery—will help clear her head. But her retreat quickly turns into an unexpected opportunity when Aunt Ellen gets her involved in the lighthouse library tucked away on Bodie Island.

Lucy is thrilled to land a librarian job in her favorite place in the world. But when a priceless first edition Jane Austen novel is stolen and the chair of the library board is murdered, Lucy suddenly finds herself ensnared in a real-life mystery—and she’s not so sure there’s going to be a happy ending....
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