Lydia is hiding from a horrible episode from her past and spends her life quietly doing what she loves – selling, reading and talking about books. Joey is a troubled youth who loves books and whom Lydia befriends. When Joey commits suicide and leaves all of his possessions to her, Lydia’s life becomes unraveled like no one could imagine. A picture in the paper of Lydia after the suicide brings people back into her life she never expected to see again, her father and her best friend from childhood, Raj. Lydia slowly comes to the realization that Joey and her past are somehow linked. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore is a beautifully written sad but addictive mystery, with eccentric characters who you will love and plot twists that will keep you guessing to the end.