Sooner Dead Than Read

By Krista Lockheart and May Dixon

The most priceless book in the world flips a small-town Oklahoma library upside down . . . and that's not the only mystery

I just got a call from the bank-there is a secret book said to be worth millions about to walk through the front door of Sperry Public Library in Oklahoma. They tell me I'm one of only a handful of people in the world who know it exists. And nobody else knows it's going to be at my library.

My name is Nancy Ann Davis, and I'm the head librarian here at our small-town library in Oklahoma. We have this program I think you will fall in love with-we call it the Cat Catalog. You can come to the library and visit with the cats while you check out your favorite books. The program has been so popular in our community that we have waiting lists to adopt our cats.

But, earlier this year, a member of the library board died of natural causes, and the priceless books in his estate have caused a whole lot of shenanigans around town this year.

In walks Benedict Atwood, a mysterious (and rude, I must say) man from London, and he knows about the secret book too.

Some people say that once you leave Oklahoma, you always come back. (Because we're so friendly, you see.) But Benedict never got the chance to leave-he was the last one to see the secret book . . . and it was quite a fatal mistake.

And, when he turns up murdered, all the members of my Cat Catalog have disappeared

Join me and the fine people of the Sooner State as we come together to search for the cats . . . and solve the murder of an international man of mystery.

You'll meet . . .

Doc Johnson, my sweet love interest and police captainBella and Jayne, my two best friends and co-workers at the libraryMagellan, my feline partner in crime who can escape ANYTHINGBenedict Atwood, who has a family secret that makes statewide newsDorothy Gateson, a Renaissance literature professor who is starting to grow on meElijah Smoke, a tall, dark, and handsome tech CEO who simply won't leave town without the book

Oklahoma is not OK in this fun and heartwarming cozy mystery that will charm you until the cats come home

Sooner Dead Than Read is the first in a fifty-book animal cozy mystery series that combines humor and intrigue in a story full of secrets, adventure, and a sweet romance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1088100201
• ISBN13: 9781088100202
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Next Chapter Publishing
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"