Okay cozy, but a bit predictable.

Read and Buried is the sixth book in the Lighthouse Library series. For me it was the first in the series. I don't think I missed any important background information. Although I did wonder how often murders seemed to happen around the library.

During construction works a box is found buried next to the lighthouse. The box contains an old diary, a map and a sheet with a coded message. Everyone in the area that considers him- or herself a history buff claims they should be the first to examine the diary. Bertie decides to lock the box in her desk and ushers everyone out of her office. That night, after a date with her boyfriend, Lucy comes home to find the door to the library smashed in, a man dead next to Bertie's desk and the map and message gone.

The man, Jeremy Hughes was of the unsavory sort, so there is no shortage of possible culprits. Was it the wife he cheated on, the ex-girlfriend he lied to, the current girlfriend he lied to, or just a coincidence that Jeremy and the killer were at the same place at the same time? Though, determined not to get involved, Lucy gets involved. Everyone else seems to get themselves involved with cracking the code. Jeremy really wasn't well liked.

The story didn't really click with me, but it was a nice read.

Iread an ARC through Netgalley.