Tome to Tomb

A dead body in Santa’s lap is not what Harvey Beckett wanted for Christmas.

The streets of St. Marin’s are lit with festive cheer, and Harvey is thrilled to host Santa Claus at her bookstore, renewing a cherished town tradition. But when a man staggers through the door, collapses into Santa’s lap, and dies, the holiday spirit turns cold. Who was he? What led him to his final moments in Harvey’s store? And why does she feel compelled to uncover the truth?

With her trusty canine sidekick and an unquenchable curiosity, Harvey can’t resist untangling the mystery--even when it places her, her friends, and their beloved pups in danger. As secrets unravel and tensions rise, Harvey must act fast before the killer decides to strike again.

Cozy up with Tome to Tomb, the captivating first novel in the St. Marin’s Cozy Mystery series--where bookshops, small-town secrets and an amateur sleuth with a nose for trouble make for a mystery you won’t want to put down.

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Praise for St. Marin’s Cozy Mystery Series

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ACF Bookens’ cast of characters is so likable.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Another murder for Harvey to help solve--enjoyed this book!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Like all the other books in the series, I enjoyed it!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A moving and thought-provoking book about hospice and justice.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kept my interest throughout as I tried to guess the murderer.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Perfect Christmas-themed cozy mystery--I absolutely loved this book!＂

ACF Bookens loves a good mystery, a quaint bookshop, and a good cup of coffee. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where she takes joy in the mountain views and the quiet back roads. She lives with her son and three rescue cats who are, of course, nocturnal.

Aslan, the cat in her books, is based on her departed first cat by that name, who spent an inordinate amount of time digging up her houseplants.

In her books, Bookens addresses issues of justice and writes with intention to disrupt the white supremacy that says that ＂whiteness＂ is normal by making purposeful note of every character’s ethnicity. She is weary of books that assume everyone is white unless the author says otherwise because being white is not the default of reality.

Her hope is that readers enjoy escaping into her stories and are challenged, just a little, to make themselves better people and the world a better place from the reading.