Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore brings together a couple of my favorite story ideas: setting is a bookstore + mystery.A death in the bookstore where Lydia works sets off memories of an old, unsolved murder she witnessed as a child. As she tries to work through this new death in her life, ghosts from her past begin to emerge and puzzles - both new and old - reveal clues that begin to offer answers to questions she has held onto for years.
Sullivan creates an interesting cast of characters to surround Lydia including my favorite, a fellow bookseller named Plath (loved her literary nod name).
While this is certainly an adult book based on thematic material, I did feel comfortable handing it off to my teenage son to read when I was done. It's a nicely twisty story that mystery fans will come away from feeling satisfied.
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