{"product_id":"a-shush-before-dying-9798223363781","title":"A Shush Before Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand-new librarian Meg Booker is just supposed to be checking out books.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead, it's the patrons who are being checked out--permanently.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApril 1985. Fir Grove Library, Portland, Oregon: Big hair. Leggings. Card catalogs. Kicking kids with giant boom boxes out of the library. Meg's got it all handled-until her boss takes off on a way-too-long vacation and leaves her in charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight away, things start going wrong. Historical records disappear out of the archives. The hot new library page skateboards into work-or doesn't-whenever he feels like it. A simmering feud boils over between two prominent and universally loathed patrons-nicknamed \"The Witch\" and \"Leisure Suit Lothario\"-leaving Meg scrambling to keep the peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the Witch turns up dead in the library conference room. The police say it's natural causes, but Meg suspects murder-and no librarian worth her reference desk credentials leaves a question unanswered. Aided by the library's mystery book club, and armed with mad research skills, she sets out to prove what really happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when there's another death-and one of her friends is arrested -Meg must unmask the real murderer before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Shush Before Dying\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book of the \u003cem\u003eMeg Booker Librarian Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e-a cozy library mystery series set in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dale Ivan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50535406797074,"sku":"9798223363781","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d30e4a0-7127-4330-b9d6-ccc688e10d10.jpg?v=1731434944","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-shush-before-dying-9798223363781","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}