Publishable By Death — A.C.F. Bookens

A bookstore, a grumpy newspaper woman, and a murder. Quiet St. Marin's has just gotten a little more lively . . . and a little less alive.

All Harvey Beckett wants to do is read books, help the residents of St. Marin's find the perfect book for that moment, and snuggle with her hound dog Mayhem.  But when the small, waterside town's newest resident discovers the body of the community's persnickety reporter in her bookshop storeroom on opening day, Harvey finds herself bound and determined to figure out the crime. Her task won't be easy, though, since the town is flooded with visitors for the first annual Harriet Tubman Festival to honor the community's most famous resident. Plus, a quiet but charming mechanic named Daniel  isn't helping with her concentration at all.

Publishable By Death is the first book in the St. Marin's Cozy Mystery Series by ACF. Bookens.