The Midnight Reader

A heartwarming cozy mystery with a touch of magic! What happens when someone's been breaking into your bookstore... but all they leave behind is beautiful literary criticism?Charlie Whitmore has finally found her rhythm as owner of Oak & Ink Bookshop in charming Leafwood Falls, Vermont. More than a year after leaving her high-powered Manhattan law career behind, she's settled into small-town life with her boyfriend, her sharp-tongued assistant Mia, and Hemingway, the imperious orange cat who rules the shop with literary opinions and strategic hairballs.But when Charlie discovers someone has been visiting Oak & Ink after hours, she expects the worst. Instead, she finds carefully penciled margin notes signed "R.W."—thoughtful, insightful commentary that suggests someone who truly understands books, grief, and the healing power of stories.With Mia's investigative enthusiasm and help from Tom, the poetry-quoting blacksmith who makes Mia's heart flutter in unexpected ways, Charlie sets out to solve the mystery. But the truth they uncover is more heartbreaking than any break-in: sometimes the people who need books most are the ones who can no longer afford to own them.-amazon