The Broken Spine

The Broken Spine is the start of a new cozy mystery series featuring librarian Trudell Beckett. The leaders of Tru's small Southern town have decided to turn the library bookless and replace everything with computers and tablets to bring the town into the future. All of the library's print books are destined for the landfill. Tru is in the middle of an illicit book rescue operation when she discovers the body of the man responsible for the “bookless library” project, which immediately makes Tru seem to be the obvious suspect. She has to work with her friends to solve the mystery in order to clear her own name.

This book is a decent cozy mystery with some fun characters. At times the Southern-ness felt a little over the top, but I admit I don't have firsthand experience of living in small town in the South. As a librarian myself, the library focus probably made me like the story a bit more than I would have otherwise.