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The Vanishing Type: A Charming Bookish Cozy Mystery (A Secret, Book and Scone Society Novel) Hardcover – April 26, 2022

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Entertainment Weekly hails the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series by the beloved New York Times bestselling author as “a love letter to reading.” In this entrancing new story, bookshop owner, bibliotherapist, and occasional sleuth Nora Pennington must enlist the help of her brilliant, brassy librarian friend to unravel the connection between The Scarlet Letter, an obscure 19th century writer, and a dead hiker…

While January snow falls outside in Miracle Springs, North Carolina, Nora Pennington is encouraging customers to cozy up indoors with a good book. Even though the shop and her bibliotherapy sessions keep Nora busy during the day, her nights are a little too quiet—until Deputy Andrews pulls Nora into the sci-fi section and asks her to help him plan a wedding proposal.

His bride-to-be, Hester, loves Little Women, and Nora sets to work arranging a special screening at the town’s new movie theater. But right before the deputy pops the question, Nora makes an unsettling discovery—someone has mutilated all her store’s copies of The Scarlet Letter, slicing angrily into the pages wherever Hester Prynne’s name is mentioned.

The coincidence disturbs Nora, who’s one of the few in Miracle Springs who knows that Hester gave up a baby for adoption many years ago. Her family heaped shame on her, and Hester still feels so guilty that she hasn’t even told her future husband. But when a dead man is found on a hiking trail just outside town, carrying a rare book, the members of the Secret, Book, and Scone Society unearth a connection to Hester’s past. Someone is intent on bringing the past to light, and it’s not just Hester’s relationship at stake, but her life. . .

“Captivating…Bibliophilic cozy fans will be in heaven.” – Publishers Weekly

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Kensington Cozies
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April 26, 2022
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Ellery Adams is the New York Times bestselling author of two cookbooks and over thirty mysteries, including the Book Retreat Mysteries, The Secret, Book, & Scone Society series, the Books by the Bay Mysteries, and the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries. A native New Yorker, she has had a lifelong love affair with stories, food, rescue animals, and large bodies of water. When not working on her next novel, she reads, bakes, gardens, spoils her three cats, and rearranges her bookshelves. She lives with her husband and two children in Chapel Hill, NC. For more information and lists of bibliotherapy suggestions, please visit ElleryAdamsMysteries.com or YourBookRX.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies (April 26, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496726448
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496726445
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 1.09 x 8.55 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #72,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #46 in Booksellers & Bookselling
- #1,245 in Cozy Culinary Mysteries
- #2,695 in Amateur Sleuths

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Ellery Adams, a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, has written dozens of mystery novels. She shares her North Carolina home with her husband, two trolls, and three keyboard-hogging felines. Ellery loves reading, coffee, bubbly, jigsaw puzzles, baking, volunteering at her local animal shelter, and rearranging her bookshelves.

Her traditionally published series include The Secret, Book, and Scone Society Mysteries, The Book Retreat Mysteries, The Books By the Bay Mysteries, and The Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries.

Her Indie series include The Supper Club Series, The Hope Street Series, and The Molly Appleby Collectible Series.

For book club discussion questions, lists of Nora Pennington's bibliotherapy titles, and more, visit www.elleryadamsmysteries.com

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Deborah M Almada

Another awesome read

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2022

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I don't even know where to begin. I just love this series so much. This book and every book in this series highlights this author's love of books, reading, shared knowledge and friendship. That she also always adds a fascinating mystery is just an extra bonus. Nora and Sheldon are showcasing books for their Valentine's party or Blind Date Book Bash, centered around Sheldons book group, and other customers when Nora discovers a body while on her Sunday morning hike. How this mystery person ties into someone in town and the ripple affect it has on the secret, book, and scone society is life changing. A page turning book filled with, tears, joy and books!

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K. M. Howard

Good series

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I really enjoy this series and I'm not sure why. There's a tendency for the story to be too much like a Hallmark movie, but maybe we need that kind of sentimentality these days? I think it's Ellery Adams' writing and her characters. Whatever it is, you finish a book and wait impatiently for the next one to be published because it's never fast enough.

I really like the budding romance between Nora and the sheriff, but the characters are reminding me a lot of the main character and her romance from the Books by the Bay series. In case Ms. Adams reads these reviews, PLEASE DON'T DO THE SAME THING IN THIS SERIES!!!

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endlessreader

Truly great series and this is the best one!

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2022

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After following Ellery Adams Secret, Book, and Scone Society series from the start, this fifth one is my favorite. A great cozy. And now we have to wait for #6.

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Rene' Bradley

I can't get enough of these women

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2022

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As a lover of reading and mysteries these books hold my heart. I would love to live in a wonderful small town like Ellery Adams has created. The only problem I have with her books is her description of food is so well written I end up snacking the whole time I am reading!

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great book

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i have greatly enjoyed the books i've read by this author and this one didn't disappoint. it was fantastic. i suppose it could be read as a stand alone, but it will definitely be better if you read the series in order. you get the back stories of the characters which explains so much. i've read several of the authors series and the ones i have read are very good, well written, engrossing mysteries with interesting historical facts or food facts included. my only complaint is that the series i have read ended after book 7 of each of the series and she moved on to other series. i could have enjoyed book 8, 9, &10 at least of all of them. well worth reading

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Support for the women in a Book Club

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2022

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A book club made up of small-business women in a small town has developed into a great support group for the ladies as well as a place to share their love of books and food. Each lady is starting over after some trauma in their lives. However, the past comes back to haunt one of the members. So, the ladies circle their friend with love and protection. Good book for a book club discussion or as a summer read.

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Fantastical and Emotional

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This was the Best of this series so far… in the past books there was silliness not necessarily good. This was much more Serious and w/ lite humor. Almost Historical w/ the story of the Books in the Mystery of the Family and of course the Murders.

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T. Bonnell

Nora and crew always a great read!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2022

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I love this series!! The characters are fun, interesting and get you involved in their lives and of course a murder to solve. I am never disappointed with anything that Ellery Adams writes!!

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