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The Binder's Bequest
(2026)(The first book in the Spine and Spell Mysteries series)
A novel by Lisa Bouchard
Fiona Flanagan's career as a forensic document examiner ended in public humiliation when her expert testimony was shredded in court. Now she just wants to sell her late great-aunt's dusty bookbinding shop in the impossibly quaint town of Pinecrest and never look back.
Then the Historical Society president drops dead at the Moonlight Masquerade Ball—clutching a rare diary she refuses to release even in death.
When the sheriff asks Fiona to assess the damaged book, she agrees to one last job. But as she begins restoring the cracked spine and brittle pages, something impossible happens: she sees memories that aren't her own. Visions of secrets. Visions of fear. Visions tied to her own family's hidden past.
Now Fiona must navigate a town where magic hides behind Victorian charm, decipher clues from a mysterious black cat who appeared from nowhere, and resist the pull of the enigmatic coffee shop owner who knows far more than he's telling. Because someone in Pinecrest is willing to kill to keep the diary's secrets buried—and Fiona's growing powers might make her the next target.
Her forensic skills can authenticate a document. But only her magic can read its secrets.
Genre: Mystery
Then the Historical Society president drops dead at the Moonlight Masquerade Ball—clutching a rare diary she refuses to release even in death.
When the sheriff asks Fiona to assess the damaged book, she agrees to one last job. But as she begins restoring the cracked spine and brittle pages, something impossible happens: she sees memories that aren't her own. Visions of secrets. Visions of fear. Visions tied to her own family's hidden past.
Now Fiona must navigate a town where magic hides behind Victorian charm, decipher clues from a mysterious black cat who appeared from nowhere, and resist the pull of the enigmatic coffee shop owner who knows far more than he's telling. Because someone in Pinecrest is willing to kill to keep the diary's secrets buried—and Fiona's growing powers might make her the next target.
Her forensic skills can authenticate a document. But only her magic can read its secrets.
Genre: Mystery
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