Lucy and Connor planned for the perfect Outer Banks weddingβand thatβs exactly what they got. Aside from typical rumblings of familial tensions, the late spring weather allowed for a beautiful day, the food was delicious, and everyone had a good time, until one of the guests goes missing. Before Lucy can look forward to the rest of her life in Nags Head and the work she does at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, she gets a phone call from her boss, Bertie James. Eddie, Bertieβs friend, never made it back home after the reception. Initially, Lucy doesnβt think anything of itβsometimes wedding guests simply have a little too much fun. But this quickly turns to something darker when she discovers the body of a wedding guest strangled in a locked closet, and the police immediately start asking questions about Eddie. Lucy must figure out if the two are connected before itβs too lateβboth for Bertieβs friend and the rest of her wedding guests. With the Classic Novel Reading Club reading The Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Lucy wonders if the master of the macabre can assist her investigation or if the hunt for the killerβs identity will remain as nothing more than an unsolved mystery.