The Whispered Word
  • Published: 31 December 2019
  • ISBN: 9781496712417
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $38.00
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The Whispered Word

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Bookstore owner, bibliotherapist and amateur sleuth Nora Pennington and fellow members of the Secret, Book, and Scone Society encounter a mysterious young girl who may be connected to several suspicious local deaths in the second novel in New York Times and B&N bestselling mystery author Ellery Adams' acclaimed series.

Join New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams for a sparkling new cozy mystery series featuring a librarian-turned-bookseller with a penchant for bibliotherapy and a sideline in solving crime...Set in the picturesque town of Miracle Springs, North Carolina, The Whispered Word is the second in The Secret, Book, & Scone Society Series by New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams. This magincal cozy mystery stars bookstore owner, and budding detective, Nora Pennington. Nora also has a gift for bibliotherapy: the practice of using reading as therapy to help treat mental or psychological issues. While people visit Miracle Springs for healing treatments, it's Nora who helps them find peace by prescribing the perfect book along with a fresh-baked scone...in return for divulging one secret. After all, sometimes the key to happiness, friendship--or solving a murder--can simply be found within the pages of the right book.

Nora Pennington and her fiction loving friends in small-town Miracle Springs, North Carolina, encounter a young woman desperately in need of a new beginning . . .
 
Nora Pennington, owner of Miracle Books, believes that a well-chosen novel can bring healing and hope. But she and the other members of the Secret, Book, and Scone Society know that sometimes practical help is needed too. Such is the case with the reed-thin girl hiding in the fiction section of Nora’s store, wearing a hospital ID and a patchwork of faded bruises. She calls herself Abilene but won’t reveal much else. And when a customer is found dead in an assumed suicide, Nora uncovers a connection that points to Abilene as either a suspect—or another target. After a second death hits town, Nora and her intrepid friends must help the new, greenhorn sheriff discern fact from fiction—and stop a killer intent on bringing another victim’s story to a close . . .
 
“A love letter to reading, with sharp characterizations and a smart central mystery.”
—Entertainment Weekly
  • Published: 31 December 2019
  • ISBN: 9781496712417
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $38.00
Categories:

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Praise for The Whispered Word

Praise for The Secret, Book, & Scone Society Mysteries

"The still life of books and scones on the cover makes Word seem sillier than it is; in fact, it's a love letter to reading, with sharp characterizations and a smart central mystery." - Entertainment Weekly on The Whispered Word

"Adams launches an intriguing new mystery series, headed by four spirited amateur sleuths and touched with a hint of magical realism, which celebrates the power of books and women's friendships. Adams's many fans, readers of Sarah Addison Allen, and anyone who loves novels that revolve around books will savor this tasty treat."--Library Journal STARRED REVIEW, Pick of the Month for The Secret, Book, & Scone Society



"Adams (Peach Pies and Alibis, 2013) kicks off a new series featuring strong women, a touch of romance and mysticism, and both the cunning present-day mystery and the slowly revealed secrets of the intriguing heroines' pasts." --Kirkus Reviews on The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

"This affecting series launch from Adams provides all the best elements of a traditional Mystery.... Well-drawn characters complement a plot with an intriguing twist or two." --Publishers Weekly on The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

"A perfect read...four women whose divergent lives intermingle due to their shared passion for books, good food, and, ultimately, friendship, become unwittingly embroiled in a murder investigation. The deep, dark secrets eacg of them carries provide the suspense in this admixture of cozy small town life and perplexing mystery with the right amount of pathos to garner the reader's sympathy." - The Cape Cod Chronicle on The Secret, Book, & Scone Society