The Broken Spine
(2026)(The first book in the Dog-Eared Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Ellie Webster
Some books hold secrets. But every spine has a breaking point.
Book restorer Emmaline "Em" Whitmore left her past behind for a quiet life in Charlottesville with a dog-friendly bookshop, an imperious black cat named Boo, and the steady, careful work of putting broken things back together.
Then she finds Hugh Latimer — the mall's beloved rare-book dealer — dead in his shop, killed with his own bookend.
Hugh had just uncovered a hidden document inside an old journal — one with the power to unravel a powerful family's history. Now it's missing, and whoever has it isn't finished.
As Em follows the threads Hugh left behind, the suspect list grows and the truth turns out to be stitched deeper into the mall's history than anyone expected. With Detective Reyes warning her off, Boo keeping watch, and her old friend Arthur sliding uncomfortably high on the suspect list, Em must solve the case before the killer closes the book for good.
Perfect for fans of: ✓ Bookshop mysteries, ✓ A cat with attitude, ✓ Amateur sleuths with a hidden past
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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