A library card forty years overdue. A secret the whole town stopped looking for. And a librarian who never stopped reading the fine print.
In the foggy coastal town of Briar Harbor, an old book finally comes home - decades late, with a name on its lending card that everyone would rather forget. For librarian Penelope "Pen" Marsh, an overdue notice is never just about a book. It's about the person who walked away and never came back.
As Pen follows the trail of that last overdue notice, she reopens a cold case the town buried long ago. With her one-eared cat Marlowe curled exactly where the truth is hidden, her steady husband Sheriff Beckett Cole at her side, and the town's living memory Edie Wren guarding seventy years of secrets, Pen learns that some debts were paid in silence - and someone means to keep it that way.
Because in Briar Harbor, the past is only ever checked out. It always comes due.
The Last Overdue Notice is the fifth book in the Briar Harbor Book Club Mysteries - a clean, cozy whodunit series of small-town secrets, bookish clues, and one very observant cat. Each mystery stands alone, but readers love starting from Book 1.
Readers love:
- A twisty cold-case mystery with no gore and no foul language
- A warm New England seaside town and a beloved library
- A smart librarian sleuth and an unforgettable library cat
- A slow-burn small-town romance with the local sheriff
- A cozy series perfect for binge-reading
Turn down the lamp, pour the tea, and settle in for the secret Briar Harbor never returned. Scroll up and grab your copy today.
