The Vanishing Type

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Entertainment Weekly praises the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series as “a love letter to reading.” In this captivating story, bookshop owner and bibliotherapist Nora Pennington seeks the help of her librarian friend to connect The Scarlet Letter, an obscure 19th-century writer, and a dead hiker. As January snow blankets Miracle Springs, North Carolina, Nora encourages customers to enjoy good books. While her days are filled with the shop and bibliotherapy sessions, her nights feel too quiet—until Deputy Andrews enlists her help to plan a wedding proposal for his fiancée, Hester, who adores Little Women. Nora organizes a special screening at the town’s new theater, but just before the proposal, she discovers that someone has mutilated all her copies of The Scarlet Letter, cutting into the pages where Hester Prynne’s name appears. This unsettling coincidence troubles Nora, who knows Hester's painful past of giving up a baby for adoption, a secret that still haunts her. When a dead man is found on a hiking trail with a rare book, the Secret, Book, and Scone Society uncovers links to Hester’s history. Someone is determined to expose the past, putting not only Hester’s relationship in jeopardy but her life as well.