I felt the whole conclusion was draw very creatively. However, while I got the obvious details correct, I missed all the fun ones that the author was saving for a big surprise that came as a fun shock. Parts of the solution seemed obvious to me, and I jumped to the conclusion that the ending was unsatisfactory. I appreciated the conclusion of the book. But when Robbie arrives, he instantly falls for Lindsey, leaving her stuck in a quandary over which man she is attracted to more strongly. She has grieved the loss of Sully all summer from when he decides he knows that she needs a break from him, though both clearly are still intensely drawn to each other.

The book also explores issues of romantic relationships as seen in Lindsey’s life. Lindsey uses her library skills to trace Robbie’s history, learning things about his past that the police have been unaware of and that they need in order to solve the case. This leads to an investigation into all the people who have held a grudge against Robbie. Then, at practice a few days before the first performance, Robbie takes a drink of the coconut water he is so fond of and promptly dies of poisoning. This meets the thorough disapproval of Sully, the local captain who dated and then broke up with Lindsey in the previous book. Despite having a wife and a girlfriend in tow, Robbie tries very hard to get the attention of Lindsey, the librarian who serves as the protagonist of the book. In bringing Robbie to Briar Creek, Violet inadvertently brings drama to the community, with people either loving or hating him but not having feelings in between. The play is produced and directed by their very own Violet LaRue, a famous retired Broadway actress, who Invites her close friend Robbie Vine, a fellow highly famous Broadway actor, to star as Puck. Now Lindsey and her crafternooners must take center stage to unmask the culprit before the final curtain call.In Read It and Weep, the fourth book in Jenn McKinlay’s Library Lover’s Mystery series, the town of Briar Creek stages its own production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Before her blush has faded, the Bard's dream turns into a nightmare-when one of the cast is poisoned. Brought in to play the mischievous Puck is the flirtatious professional actor Robbie Vine, who seems to have eyes for Lindsey.

Cole to Lindsey's youthful library pages are trying out for parts. Unfortunately a villain is waiting in the wings.Former Broadway actress Violet La Rue is holding auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream-and everyone from the sour spinster librarian Ms. William Shakespeare is credited with inventing how many words?* Answering Shakespeare trivia comes with the job description for library director Lindsey Norris.īut when the Briar Creek Community Theater mounts their newest production of the Bard, she has no intention of leaving the stacks for the stage.

Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay