The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society (Deluxe Edition) by Lindsay Currie [PRE-ORDER]

OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE: Sep 15, 2026

From #1 New York Times Bestselling and #1 Indie Next Pick author Lindsay Currie comes a new mystery series with an indie bookstore heart. When four best friends are trapped in book-themed inn (and it's attached bookstore) during an ice storm, they must each use their special skills (and some help from an armchair-detective grandma) to solve the murder of one of the regulars.

Merrick McGee has been having a tough time. When her Grandma Ida gets sick and moves in, the family can't afford to keep sending Merrick to her beloved private school. So, she spends most of her time in the small room at the back of the bookstore/inn her mother works at being homeschooled, bored out of her mind, and lonely for her best friends.

But when an ice storm hits their town, and fate brings her friends together to ride out the storm at the inn with her, she's stoked to finally be able to spend time with the people she loves the most. Until... the unthinkable happens, and someone is found dead--facedown in a birthday cake sitting right at Merrick's own desk.

With the storm picking up the police remove the body and suggest the victim died of old age. But to Merrick it seems more like a murder. Luckily, she and her friends love solving mysteries, and with the suspects all under the same roof, and her friends eager to crack the case--the Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society is born! As the club begins to investigate, more questions come to light, and Merrick soon realizes her own grandmother may be the key to solving the case...