Dereske, Jo. Bookmarked to Die (New York: Avon Books, 2006) 356 p.

Helma is organizing a local authors project. She is trying to keep her new-age boss May Apple Moon at bay. She has a new colleague.

Gloria “Call me Glory” Shandy was Bellehaven Public Library's newest reference librarian—petite and pert with a sleek fall of hair almost too red to be true. Freckles dusted her nose in childish blotches. As if to emphasize the effect, Glory dressed not exactly childish but in clothes that a twelve-year-old girl who hadn't yet discovered rock music might wear, including a myriad of girlish beaded bracelets and sparkly hairbands. (p. 7).

On top of all this Helma has turned forty-two.