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Stacked in Suspicion
(2026)(The first book in the Cape Fear Bookshop Mystery series)
A novel by Simone Stier
Former New York book editor Libby Page returns to Southport, North Carolina, for a fresh start with Page’s Bookshop. But during her grand opening garden party, a local resident collapses dead in Libby’s garden—and her dream business is instantly tied to murder.
With customers fleeing and gossip spreading fast, Libby teams up with her sharp-witted assistant Gracie Jean (and one opinionated calico kitten) to find the killer. The victim left behind more than questions: a missing red notebook packed with secrets someone would kill to keep buried.
Between a relentless blogger, a yard full of suspects and Detective Carter McCrae warning Libby to stay out of it, Libby realizes solving this case may be the only way to save her bookshop.
Settle in with Stacked in Suspicion—Book 1 in the Cape Fear Bookshop Mysteries, where the books are beloved, the clues run deep and trouble has a habit of showing up uninvited.
You’ll love this cozy mystery if you love:
With customers fleeing and gossip spreading fast, Libby teams up with her sharp-witted assistant Gracie Jean (and one opinionated calico kitten) to find the killer. The victim left behind more than questions: a missing red notebook packed with secrets someone would kill to keep buried.
Between a relentless blogger, a yard full of suspects and Detective Carter McCrae warning Libby to stay out of it, Libby realizes solving this case may be the only way to save her bookshop.
Settle in with Stacked in Suspicion—Book 1 in the Cape Fear Bookshop Mysteries, where the books are beloved, the clues run deep and trouble has a habit of showing up uninvited.
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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