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Praise for The Secret, Book & Scone Society series by New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams

“A love letter to reading, with sharp characterizations and a smart central mystery.” –Entertainment Weekly on The Whispered Word

“Adams launches an intriguing new mystery series, headed by four spirited amateur sleuths and touched with a hint of magical realism, which celebrates the power of books and women’s friendships. Adams’ many fans, readers of Sarah Addison Allen, and anyone who loves novels that revolve around books will savor this tasty treat.” –Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW, Pick of the Month on The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

“Ink and Shadows is a big hug of a book for bookstore lovers who have been pining to visit their favorite emporiums for the past year.” –Criminal Element on Ink & Shadows

“Ellery Adams’s cozy mystery novel The Vanishing Type is a testament to women’s friendship–with sides of murder,
romance, coffee, and baked goods.” –Foreword Reviews on The Vanishing Type

“The winding path to the truth showcases both the strengths and the weaknesses of the loving sisterhood.” –Kirkus Reviews on The Vanishing Type

“An appetizing dish for mystery lovers who enjoy books about bookstores, small towns, and female friends.” –Booklist on The Book of Candlelight

“Adams kicks off a new series featuring strong women, a touch of romance and mysticism, and both the cunning present-day mystery and the slowly revealed secrets of the intriguing heroines’ pasts.” –Kirkus Reviews on The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

“This affecting series launch from Adams provides all the best elements of a traditional Mystery…Well-drawn characters complement a plot with an intriguing twist or two.” –Publishers Weekly on The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

“A perfect read…four women whose divergent lives intermingle due to their shared passion for books, good food, and ultimately, friendship, become unwittingly embroiled in a murder investigation. The deep, dark secrets each of them carries provide the suspense in this admixture of cozy small-town life and perplexing mystery with the right amount of pathos to garner the reader’s sympathy.” –The Cape Cod Chronicle on The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

“Lovers of reading and strong women will be impressed by this entertaining cozy packed with mystery, romance, and sisterhood.” –Kirkus Reviews

“Readers will cheer as Nora, an endearingly imperfect protagonist, and her group of dedicated literary friends, each with their own complicated backstories, search for answers. Bibliophilic cozy fans will be in heaven.” –Publishers Weekly on The Vanishing Type

“The full cozy treatment…Adams provides the red herrings, the foreshadowing, and the clues we need to pick out the murderer, and yet she turns some sharp corners that cause us to question their decisions.” –New York Journal of Books on The Vanishing Type

Ellery Adams is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 40 novels, including the Book Retreat Mysteries, The Secret, Book, and Scone Society series, and the Books by the Bay Mysteries. A native of New York, she grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound. She now lives with her husband and two children in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, so she considers herself “baked in the North and buttered in the South.”

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