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Drafted in Deceit
(2026)(The second book in the Cape Fear Bookshop Mystery series)
A novel by Simone Stier
Former New York book editor Libby Page is settling into Southport, North Carolina. Page's Bookshop is thriving, her book club The Plot Thickens is going strong and life feels almost normal—until she spots a body floating in the Cape Fear River.
The victim is tied to the controversial waterfront development that's been splitting the town down the middle. Suddenly, everyone has a motive, an opinion or both.
When Libby and her sharp-witted assistant Gracie Jean start pulling at threads, the case leads uncomfortably close to home—including a connection to her best friend's new romance. And staying uninvolved? That's no longer an option.
Settle in with Drafted in Deceit—Book 2 in the Cape Fear Bookshop Mysteries, where the books are beloved, the coffee's always hot and murder has a way of making an appearance.
You’ll love this cozy mystery if you love:
The victim is tied to the controversial waterfront development that's been splitting the town down the middle. Suddenly, everyone has a motive, an opinion or both.
When Libby and her sharp-witted assistant Gracie Jean start pulling at threads, the case leads uncomfortably close to home—including a connection to her best friend's new romance. And staying uninvolved? That's no longer an option.
Settle in with Drafted in Deceit—Book 2 in the Cape Fear Bookshop Mysteries, where the books are beloved, the coffee's always hot and murder has a way of making an appearance.
You’ll love this cozy mystery if you love:
- bookshop mysteries in a coastal small town
an amateur sleuth with an editor’s eye
clean whodunits with humor and heart
literary clues, red herrings and bookish puzzles
a scene-stealing calico kitten
found family and solid friendships
Cape Fear Bookshop Mysteries reading order:
Book 1: Stacked in Suspicion
Book 2: Drafted in Deceit
Book 3: Shelved in Secrets
Book 4: Covered in Clues
Book 5: Booked in Betrayal
Book 6: Catalogued in Crime
Clean cozy mystery with no profanity and no graphic violence.
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Genre: Cozy Mystery
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