BOOK REVIEW

Title: Bookmarked to Die

Author: Jo Dereske

In ten words or less: Humorous mystery featuring humorless librarian solving crimes at work.

Review: Helma Zukas is a 40-something librarian with a relationship with the Chief of Police Wayne Gallant and a suspicious stray cat she has never named. Her library director feels Helma isn't a team player, and orders her to attend a series of self-improvement workshops. And when she organizes a program on local authors, one of them is murdered afterwards. To top it off, her cat is kidnapped and Chief Gallant's ardor is cooling.
This is not the strongest entry in the Miss Zukas series but it's good to see her back.

Why bother? Mystery 'lite' features a likeable if prickly librarian who likes to keep her relationships on a professional level.