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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2015
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Lighthouse Library Mystery

1 - By Book or By Crook (Feb-2015)
2 - Booked for Trouble (Sep-2015)
3 - Reading Up a Storm (Apr-2016)
4 - The Spook in the Stacks (Jun-2018)
5 - Something Read, Something Dead (Mar-2019)
6 - Read and Buried (Oct-2019)
7 - A Death Long Overdue (Oct-2020)
8 - Deadly Ever After (May-2021)
9 - Death By Beach Read (Jun-2022)
10 - Death Knells and Wedding Bells (Jun-2023)
11 - The Stranger in the Library (Jun-2024)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



  • Get bound up in murder in the first Lighthouse Library mystery For ten years Lucy has enjoyed her job poring over rare tomes of literature for the Harvard Library, but she has not enjoyed the demands of her family's social whorl or her sort-of-en...



  • The author of By Book or By Crook returns to the Outer Banks and the Lighthouse Library, where Lucy Richardson must shed light on a shocking murder… Lucy has finally found her bliss as a librarian and resident of the Bodie Island Lighthouse. She...



  • The national bestselling author of Booked for Trouble returns with another charming mystery set in the most literary lighthouse in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Misfortune blows into North Carolina’s Outer Banks when a dead body in a boat on ...



  • Halloween in North Carolina’s Outer Banks becomes seriously tricky when librarian Lucy Richardson stumbles across something extra unusual in the rare books section: a dead body.Wealthy businessman Jay Ruddle is considering donating his extensive co...



  • National bestselling author Eva Gates’s fifth Lighthouse Library mystery will carry fans of Miranda James and Jenn McKinlay to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.Dark deeds in the Lighthouse Library threaten to send Lucy Richardson’s soon-to-be-we...



  • Librarian Lucy Richardson unearths a mysterious map dating back to the Civil War. But if she can't crack its code, she may end up read and buried.The Bodie Island Lighthouse Library Classic Novel Book Club is reading Journey to the Center of the Eart...



  • When her former director is found dead in the water, librarian Lucy Richardson will have to get to the bottom of the mystery before the killer ends her tale. It's summertime in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Bertie James's college c...



  • Lucy’s wedding is at stake -- and to save the date, she’ll need to find an elusive killer -- in the 8th whodunit in the Lighthouse Library cozy mystery series. They’re getting married! Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have announced their eng...



  • Librarian Lucy’s new historic house comes with a lot of baggage and family secrets. Can she put them to rest or will a killer bring Lucy’s family to their downfall, in the 9th Lighthouse Library mystery. It’s spring in the Outer Banks of N...






  • Librarian Lucy’s wedding is nearly perfect -- aside from a missing guest and the strangled body she finds. Now, she must vow to find the killer in this 10th Lighthouse Library mystery.Lucy and Connor planned for the perfect Outer Banks wedding -- a...



  • Outer Banks librarian Lucy is working on an art show at the library when paintingsâ€"and peopleâ€"start to go missing, in this 11th Lighthouse Library mystery from national bestselling author Eva Gates.When a traveling show of impressionist art comes...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Eva Gates has published 11 books.

The next book by Eva Gates, The Stranger in the Library, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Eva Gates, By Book or By Crook, was published in February 2015.

Yes. Eva Gates has 1 series.