Read to Death at the Lakeside Library is the 3rd book in the Lakeside Library Mysteries. I have read this series from the beginning. it takes place in the town of Lofty Pines, Wisconsin. Rain Wilmot runs the library that her grandfather started. Her friend Julia Reynolds lives next door with her husband, Nick. . They have been friends since they were young. Rain decides that she would like to have her first summer book club. Marge Duncan works for her and is also the library treasurer. Jace is Julia's brother is a policeman. He and Rain in the story become boy and girl friend. Hannah who is a traveling nurse who is taking care of Alex Shields missed the first meeting but later joins the book club.

Julia has her first meeting of the book club. The members are Kim Rogers, Lily Redlin, Shelby Sullivan, Naomi Mosley, a realtor, Chelsea McAdams and Ruth Thompson.. There is a conflict between Lily and Kim at the first meeting. Lily is very negative. The next day Julia and Rain were concerned about Lily being upset and decide to go to her house and see if she is alright. When they go they find her door is open so Julia calls Jace and ask that he come over. While waiting for Jace they push the door open and see Lily on the floor dead. Jace and the girls go into the house and look around. They find two glasses. They also see a letter from a lawyer James R. Schultz.

Jace comes to Rain's house and has a dog named Benzo. He is a husky whose owner had been killed in an auto accident. He was taking him to the shelter but Rain decides she would like to keep him. While there Jace tells her that Lily was poisoned. He tells her that the library will have to be closed for the time being. Julia and Rain realizes that someone in the book club or connected to the library had something to do with Lily's death. There is so much that is happening in the story that it would be hard to put it all on paper. I will leave it to the reader to enjoy and find out who killed Lily and why. It builds up to an exciting ending that leads the reader on an adventure.

Thank you NetGallely and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC.

Just what I needed to get me back into reading after a brief reading slump! As always, I love these characters and the setting immensely. There is just something incredibly charming and comforting about this series that I adore. Read this one without a break and sent my husband out for dinner, couldn't put the book aside to cook!

Loved this one!! It’s the third in the series and i think it’s the best one yet. The characters are so fun and I love feeling like I am joining in on their mystery solving adventures. I can’t wait for the next one!!

this was another great entry in the lakeside library mystery series, it had what I was looking for from previous entries and from Holly Danvers writing style. It had a great mystery going on and did everything a good mystery should. I enjoyed the characters within and getting to go on this journey with them.

"Chelsea continued, “In fact, rumor has it that the police are gonna haul us all in for questioning real soon. I’ve been hearing mumblings and gettin’ weird looks while I’m pourin’ coffee at Brewin’ Time. It’s gettin’ so bad that I’d rather hide under a blanket instead of goin’ to work.”

I cannot resist a book with the word "library" in the title...this is a cozy mystery that is difficult to put down. Curl up in a comfy chair, beside a blazing warm fire, with a cup of steaming herbal tea...be transported for an afternoon to the setting in this book. Lakeside Library. The main character, Rain, is intriguing and quirky. The characters come alive on the pages of this book. It is fiction that reads like nonfiction. I can imagine being at the Lakeside Library with Rain and her friends. OOPS. a body...a mystery...intrigue...solving the mystery. This book was sent to me electronically by Netgalley for review. Thanks to the publisher and the author...

It’s summertime and Rain Wilmot is hosting her first book club meeting in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin. Rain runs Lakeside Library in her great grandfather’s original log cabin alongside Marge and Rain’s friend Julia.

Following an argument between the book club members one of them turns up dead in her house. Turns out she was poisoned. Who killed her and why?

Recipes include Authentic Wisconsin Old-Fashioned Cocktail, and Marge’s Salted Caramel Apple Pie The Crust.

Thank you to Holly Danvers, NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the arc of this book.

I enjoyed this book. I thought the characters were great and the setting is stunning. I liked the twist of who the killer is. I appreciate that the author tied up the loose ends at the end. #ReadtoDeathattheLakesideLibrary #NetGalley

I absolutely loved this book! I loved the relationship between Bailey and granny bee! That family dynamic where you will do whatever it takes to help a family member in need is what makes the passion through out the book so palpable and intense. I’m an avid reader or suspense/mystery and this is up there with one’s I couldn’t deny how well the plot was developed!

A cozy mystery that had me feeling warm and nostalgic during the cold winter months, READ TO DEATH AT THE LAKESIDE LIBRARY has everything we all look for when feeling lost.