The Secrets of Ohnita Harbor by Patricia Crisafulli (TLC Book Tours)

 

What types of books do you like to read in the fall?

One type of book I love to read in the fall is a good cozy mystery.  The Secrets of Ohnita Harbor by Patricia Crisafulli fit the bill.   I was riveted by the story as soon as I started reading this one.  It is one of the best cozy mysteries that I have read.

Gabriela Domenici returned to her home town of Ohnita Harbor after her divorce to help care for her mother’s failing health.  She is a single mother who left her dream job working at the New York City Public Library to now work at the Ohnita Harbor Public Library.  It is in a beautiful historic building, but it desperately needs funding.  As the library crew puts together a rummage sale to earn funds, they come across a strange cross.  As they look more into the cross, they realize it may be linked to a medieval saint and very valuable.  As one of the library workers starts to experience stigmata, is there more to this cross then it seems?  A library patron also mysteriously dies right after the cross is found.  Is the murder linked with the cross? 

I loved the characters in this book.  Gabriela was very relatable. She’s a busy mother trying to do her best with work, raising her child, taking care of her elderly mother, trying to have a social life of some sort, and also solving a mystery on the side.  I loved her.  I also enjoyed everyone she knows in her small town and wanted to get to know them more.  I hope that this series continues.  I loved the setting in upstate New York on the shores of Lake Ontario.  I also love libraries and enjoyed the details and politics of trying to get the library going.  The storyline and mystery were very engaging.  I did not guess the ending on this one!

I highly recommend this book if you are looking for a new cozy mystery.

Review Copy from author Patricia Crisafulli as part of the TLC Book Tour.  Thank-you! I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.