The murders in St. Marin’s Library’s mystery section just got very real.

When the local librarian is found dead among the stacks, the rumors about his reputation reach a fever pitch. Harvey Beckett can’t let a fellow book-lover’s name be sullied, but when she drags her friends and her dogs into the investigation, she finds that it’s more than just rumors she has to contend with.

Will Harvey’s curiosity be the end of her this time?

A signed first edition by one of the world’s most renowned authors isn’t something Poe Baxter can pass up, but she would definitely have passed on the murder connected with this particular copy.

When a rare first edition of Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children became available in the author’s hometown of Mumbai, Poe and Beattie book a flight immediately and arrive, only to discover that the book is missing and its previous owner murdered. Now, to find the book, they must find a killer. The only problem is that they’re really good at hunting things down.

Will their fervor for a rare book mean the end of their collecting days?

Travel to Syria isn’t always the safest choice, but it isn’t the political tension that’s the danger for Poe. No, the danger is linked to her latest book acquisition.

Poe Baxter once heard a man say if he could travel anywhere in the world, he’d visit Damascus, and she hasn’t thought about a visit to the city since. So when she hears that a rare codex from the 1st century has come onto the market there, she and Beattie book the next flight to see if they can buy it. Yet, when they arrive, they find there’s much more at stake than just a rare scroll.

Can centuries of secrets be unearthed safely? Or do they need to be buried again?