TY - BOOK AU - Adams, Ellery, TI - Ink and shadows SN - 9781496726414 AV - PS3601.D374 I65 2021 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2021///. CY - New York, NY : PB - Kensington Publishing Corp., KW - Women booksellers KW - Fiction KW - Booksellers and bookselling KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Secret societies KW - Female friendship KW - Halloween KW - North Carolina KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft KW - Cozy mysteries N1 - Series numeration from www.goodreads.com; Includes Reader's Guide; Sequel to: The book of candlelight; Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) N2 - As Halloween approaches, Nora Pennington decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl's Matilda and Madeline Miller's Circe. A family-values group disapproves of the magical themes, though, and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt. They're targeting not only Nora and Miracle Books, but a new shopkeeper, Celeste, who has been selling CBD oil products. When a local death is declared an accident, the ruling can't explain the old book page covered with strange symbols and disturbing drawings left under Nora's doormat, a postcard from an anonymous stalker, or multiple cases of vandalism. The Secret, Book, and Scone Society investigate before more bodies turn up and the secrets from Celeste's past come back to haunt them all. -- adapted from jacket ER -