I picked up The Littlest Library, by Poppy Alexander, because of the title, and the cover! Jess Metcalfe's life as been turned upside down and she's looking for a fresh start. Almost on impulse, she buys a small cottage in the countryside. On her property there is one of those red phone booths you once saw all over the UK. She turns it into a small library! Surprisingly, this causes a bit of controversy! I think this is considered on of those 'beach reads' (?) ... it's not a mystery, and it's light and happy (mostly). While not my usual style of reading, it was a fun read with some wonderful reflections on the power of books and reading.

Is the re-release of an old, much loved, children's story the cause for a death? And a missing person? Does that story contain clues of long ago death (thought to be an accident, but perhaps not)? And what about that box, found when the roof of the author of this book is being re-thatched? A Treacherous Tale, by Elizabeth Penney, is the second in her Cambridge Bookshop series. There's a 'story within a story' here, too, as we get to read that much loved tale from the past. Most enjoyable.

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