The Library Game: A Secret Staircase Novel (Secret Staircase Mysteries, 4)

A Lefty Nominee for Best Mystery Novel

In The Library Game, Tempest Raj and Secret Staircase Construction are renovating a classic detective fiction library that just got its first real-life mystery.


Tempest Raj couldn’t be happier that the family business, Secret Staircase Construction, is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Known for enchanting architectural features like sliding bookshelves and secret passageways, the company is now taking on a dream project: transforming a home into a public library that celebrates history's greatest fictional detectives.

Though the work is far from done, Gray House Library’s new owner is eager to host a murder mystery dinner and literary themed escape room. But when a rehearsal ends with an actor murdered and the body vanishes, Tempest is witness to a seemingly impossible crime. Fueled by her grandfather’s Scottish and Indian meals, Tempest and the rest of the crew must figure out who is making beloved classic mystery plots come to life in a deadly game.

Multiple award winning author Gigi Pandian masterfully weaves wit and warmth in the Secret Staircase Mysteries. Readers will delight in the surprises Secret Staircase Construction uncovers behind the next locked door.

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Published Mar 18, 2025

320 pages

Average rating: 6.5

4 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Colleen Haasmann
Feb 21, 2025
6/10 stars
First thank you so much to the publisher and to NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book! This is definitely one that I need to read the rest of the series and then reread because I did not like this one very much at all. The narrator was oddly pitched and had a strange intonation, and the narration is extremely overwrought. There are so many moments where I just cringed for the weirdly specific descriptions of her strong hands or ample hips. I am reserving more negative feedback until I read the others as that may change the way I see it.

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