{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16116582\"\u003eDale Ivan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dale Ivan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798223363781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 822336378X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022060\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dale Ivan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44528179020013,"sku":"9798223363781","price":21.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_34b71589-04a2-4934-b14f-15aad7e8377b.jpg?v=1701385250","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-shush-before-dying-9798223363781","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}