Between a Book and a Hard Place/ Denise Swanson/ 288 pages

Between a Book and a Hard Place by Denise Swanson is the next installment of the Deveraux's Dime Store series.  Deveraux Sinclare is attending a city council meeting when her long absent Mother shows up married to a rich Texan who is willing to support the town library for multiple years in exchange for using archived resources.  The Texan is found dead by Dev's mother and father and Dev must step in and solve the crime before her parents become murder suspects.  All the while Dev is balancing her relationships with Noah and Jake.  Dev and friends solve both the murder and a century old treasure hunt.