It's Valentine's Day in Tinker's Cove, and while the cupcakes Lucy's baking for her children will have pink frosting and candy hearts, her thoughts aren't centered on sugary sentiments. She's barely arrived at her first board meeting of the newly-renovated library when Bitsy Howell, the new librarian, is found dead in the basement, shot only minutes before story hour was to start. The agitated board members assume that Bitsy was killed by an outsider until Detective Lt. Horowitz arrives on the scene and announces that the killer is among them. Lucy was already aware that Bitsyโs uppity big-city ways rubbed some people in Tinkerโs Cove the wrong way. But she has a hunch that motives for the librarianโs violent death run a lot deeper. From Hayden Norcrossโs elegant antique shop to Corney Clarkโs chic kitchen, Lucy relentlessly snoops into the curious lifestyles and shocking secrets of Tinkerโs Coveโs most solid citizensโsecrets that plunge her into a terrifying confrontation with a conniving killer...