Mystery bookstore owner TRICIA MILES, and her sister ANGELICA, have an appointment to bid on books at an estate sale, but Angelica can't seem to get her act together, thanks to BETSY DITTMEYER, the Chamber of Commerce's receptionist. Since Angelica won the Chamber's election some three months before, Betsy has been a thorn in her side, especially since the Chamber lost their lease and had to relocate their offices to Angelica's storeroom. Angelica's assistant, FRANNIE MAE ARMSTRONG, arrives for work. She once held Betsy's job, and takes great delight in teasing the woman. Betsy heads upstairs to begin her work day, and Tricia and the others hear her taking out her anger and frustration by slamming doors, and knocking furniture around. After one very large crash, there's silence, and Tricia and Angelic go upstairs to investigate. They find Betsy dead, crushed under a heavy bookcase, and Angelica's apartment door has been kicked in. A window is wide open on that cold winter day, and the first escape has been accessed. Betsy's death was no accident. It's up to Tricia to get to the bottom of the crime. The New York Times bestselling author of Not the Killing Type is back in Booktown with another page-turning mystery. Bookstore owner Tricia Miles and her sister, Angelica, must put their problems on the shelf to catch a killer who turns a bookcase into a murder weapon... After cranky Chamber of Commerce receptionist Betsy Dittmeyer is crushed by a fallen bookcase, the next item to be read is her will, which is packed with surprises. It seems Betsy was hiding volumes of secrets behind her perpetual frown-one of which might have been a motive for murder. While Tricia tries to help Angelica-the newly elected Chamber of Commerce president-solve the mystery, she discovers a hidden chapter in her own family history. And with her ex-husband and the chief of police vying for her affections, it's doubly hard to focus on who buried Betsy in a tomb of tomes. But Tricia and Angelica will need to watch their step carefully to make sure the killer doesn't catch them between the stacks.