Death by Beach Read by Eva Gates

Available June 7, 2022

Want to take a quick vacation to the Outer Banks? Throw in a library, the world's smartest cat, a beach house in renovation... oh, and a little murder. It doesn't get any better than that!

I started this series when it first came out and have followed it faithfully ever since. I've enjoyed it from the beginning but it's gotten better and better with each installment. In this book we find Lucy moved out of the Lighthouse Aerie and into one of the unpainted aristocracy on the beach in Nags Head. I dreaded this moment because I loved her tiny apartment at the top of the lighthouse but I love her new abode too. The author, as though welcoming a new baby into the family, handed us a beach house and made it the most exciting thing ever so we couldn't not like it.

The relationship between Lucy and Connor is doing great things for her. She's finding an inner strength which allows her to stand up to people who might have bullied her before. And good thing! She's still terribly curious about things going on around her and devoted to helping those in need of a friend. These traits get her out of trouble almost as fast as they get her into trouble.

It was very easy to lose myself in this book. I read almost all of it in one day and didn't accomplish much of anything else (ask me how disappointed I am about that!) Anyone who enjoys cozies or beach reads will find this series to be a perfect combination of the two.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.