Synopsis
Enter the library of Lightower Keep, an ancient depository of arcane knowledge. With secrets around every corner, mysterious tomes, and even the odd ghost or two, monster-hunters throughout the ages have consulted its vast bestiary. Now, for Huntress Isabeau Agarwal, it may hold the key to putting down her most recent an invisible entity that can kill without warning.
Of course, things are never that easy for a Huntress. When a dead body is discovered in the library, one of the patrons might just be responsible. It’ll be a long night filled with frantic page-turning, studious research, and plenty of gunpowder and explosives.
The Monster of Lightower Library is a short story set in the Lamplight Murder Mysteries series, taking place between the events of Murder at Spindle Manor and Murder on the Lamplight Express.
Review
The first book I read in 2025 was also a Lamplight Murder Mystery, so it was a curious, yet fitting coincidence that that the first book of 2026 was also from the same series!
I hadn’t known there was a short story, otherwise I would have devoured its such sooner! Set between books one and two of the main series, this short story covers one night in the Lamplight Tower, a library that serves as a place where Hunters and students can come to study. Fresh from the events in Spindle Manor, Isa, Evie, and Penny arrive to find out more about a particularly rare monster they’re tasked with bringing down.
But as to be expected, not all is what it seems, and when the old caretaker is found dead, an intense night of a double Hunt begins. They’re joined by the Head Librarian and a Veteran Hunter, and everything gets chaotic and fun – with a particularly dark, almost horror, addition to one of the final chapters.
Another breathless and enjoyable story in this exciting world, and well-worth a read if you enjoyed Murder At Spindle Manor or the whole series!
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