Past Due for Murder by Victoria Gilbert

 Past Due for Murder (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #3) by Victoria Gilbert - 301 pages

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Spring has sprung in quaint Taylorsford, Virginia, and the mayor has revived the town’s long-defunct May Day celebration to boost tourism. As part of the festivities, library director Amy Webber is helping to organize a research project and presentation by a local folklore expert. All seems well at first―until a university student inexplicably can't be found during a bonfire.

The local police cast a wide net to find the missing woman, but in a shocking turn of events, Amy’s swoon-worthy neighbor Richard Muir becomes a person of interest in the case. Not only is Richard the woman’s dance instructor, he was the last person to see her on campus, and he also doesn’t have an alibi for the night the student vanished―or at least not one he’ll divulge, even to Amy.

When the missing student is finally discovered lost in the mountains, with no memory of recent events―and a dead body lying nearby―an already disturbing mystery takes on a sinister new hue. 

I'm still just as hooked on this series as I was after reading the 1st book. One thing I really like about this book (and others in the series) is that she weaves past events into the story. It adds a little more depth.