KILLER RESEARCH is released!

 JENN McKINLAY: It's here! The 12th Library Lover's mystery KILLER RESEARCH is here. Ain't she a beauty?

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There is something about hitting the 12th book in a series that feels like a mile marker of sorts. The series has survived the ups and downs of the book economy, the fickle tastes of readers, and my own bouts of series fatigue. That's no small feat. When I first started this series, the ebook had just taken the world by storm and I was certain libraries were going to go the way of the Fotomat. This was concerning on many levels as I was a part-time youth librarian at the time. I wrote the first book as a love letter to everything I adored about public libraries and the people who work in them. 

Fast forward ten years and I've never been happier to be so wrong, so very wrong. Libraries are still here and so is my series. I've been fortunate to have the same brilliant cover artist, Julia Green, for every book, and I think she must have been feeling her own sense of accomplishment since she put a fabulous surprise on the cover. Can you see it? Here's a hint:

And a closeup: 

Yes, she did! She put the cover of the very first library lover's mystery on the cover of the twelfth. She is a brilliant artist and I have loved every one of her covers, but this one was EXTRA, as the kids say.

First book in the series.

To me, this is the cover artist equivalent of putting the old Easter egg in a book. You know, when you reference characters from a different series or make some other reference that only readers will understand. Personally, I love a clever reference to previous books.

How about you, Reds and Readers, do you like finding a nod to a previous work in a series or across series?

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Spring has sprung in Briar Creek, but it is not all sunshine and roses, in the newest Library Lover's Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of One for the Books.

Spring is livening up Briar Creek after a long, cold winter, and newlyweds Lindsey and Sully could not be happier. Even though the upcoming mayoral election is getting heated, everything else in town is coming up daffodils...until a body is found.

Ms. Cole, a librarian and current candidate for town mayor, is shocked when she opens her trunk to discover a murder victim who just so happens to be a guy she dated forty years ago and the founder of the baking empire Nana's Cookies. As the town gossip mill turns, a batch of rumors begins to circulate about Ms. Cole's rebellious youth, which--along with being a murder suspect--threatens to ruin her life and her budding political career. But Ms. Cole is one tough cookie who will not go down without a fight.

Has the campaign for mayor turned deadly? It is up to Lindsey, Sully, and the rest of the crafternoon pals to see how the cookie crumbles and figure out who is trying to frame Ms. Cole for murder and why.