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One forensic bibliophile. One grumpy detective. And a parrot who knows too much.

Kinsley Sheldon doesn’t just restore books; she reads between the lines—literally. In the charming, secret-filled town of Willowridge, Kinsley spends her days mending cracked spines and identifying 18th-century ink. But when the town's history starts leaking out in the form of cold cases and clever murders, Kinsley realizes her unique \"bibliographic typology\" is the only thing that can catch a killer.

Joined by Gutenberg, her hilariously rude African Grey parrot with a penchant for mimicking crime scenes, Kinsley finds herself in an uneasy partnership with Detective Elias Montana. He’s a man who believes in hard evidence and cold coffee; she’s a woman who believes a misplaced Oxford comma is a motive for murder.

Together, they navigate a world of forged founding charters, cryptic marginalia, and secrets hidden in the very paper of Willowridge.

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When the margins tell a darker story than the text...

For forensic bibliophile Kinsley Sheldon, a book’s history is more telling than a police report. The way a person cracks a spine or dog-ears a page reveals their secrets, and in the quiet Vermont town of Willowridge, secrets are currency.

Kinsley prefers the company of first editions to people, but her "quiet life" is upended when she discovers a vintage copy of The Great Gatsby with a desperate diary scrawled in its margins. The ink tells a chilling story: Lily Thorne, a girl who supposedly ran away years ago, didn't just leave town—she vanished into a page of history.

Her theories are dismissed by the stoic, by-the-book Detective Montana, who trusts DNA, not a book-lover's intuition. But Kinsley, who internally categorizes every suspect by literary genre, knows a thriller villain when she sees one. Aided by her grumpy, quote-spouting parrot, Gutenberg, and an encyclopedic shop assistant, Kinsley deciphers clues hidden in faded ink and paper fibers.

As she gets closer to the truth, a brick through her beloved bookstore window sends a clear message: some stories are deadly. She must read between the lines of her town’s perfectly curated narrative to solve a murder before the killer writes her out of the story for good.

Armed with UV lights, chemical analysis, and her uncanny ability to "type" people by how they handle books, she's determined to read between the lines—even if it means confronting the most dangerous page-turner in town.

In a world where everyone judges a book by its cover, Kinsley reads the margins.

Because sometimes the truth isn't in the story—it's in what someone desperately tried to hide.

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Cathlyn Sweets writes bite-sized cozy mysteries with big personalities. Her stories are filled with clever crimes, laugh-out-loud moments, and sleuths who prove that age—and the occasional talking pet—is no obstacle to solving a good whodunit.

A lifelong lover of mystery novels, Cathlyn crafts tales where small towns hold big secrets, tea is always steeping, and the amateur detectives are anything but ordinary. Whether it's a retired school principal with a knack for interrogations or a seaside antique dealer with a snarky sidekick, her characters charm and surprise in every chapter.

When she's not plotting fictional mischief, Cathlyn enjoys seaside breezes, movie nights and a good cup of hot chocolate.

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