People are dying to get their hands on a rare, valuable book in the newest Library Lover’s Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot and the Pendulum.
Briar Creek Library director Lindsey Norris and her husband, Sully, are at a popular library conference in Chicago to hear book restoration specialist Brooklyn Wainwright give a keynote address. After the lecture, Lindsey looks under her seat and finds a tote bag containing a first edition of Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, inscribed to Alfred Hitchcock. Brooklyn determines the novel is one of a kind and quite valuable, so Lindsey and Sully return the book to the conference director, not wanting to stir up any trouble.
But just hours after the pair boards the train back to Connecticut, rumors that the Highsmith novel has gone missing buzz amongst the passengers, and they soon find the conference director murdered in his private compartment. And worse—the murderer planted the book in Lindsey and Sully’s room next door, making them prime suspects. Now, they must uncover the murderer and bring them to the end of their line, before they find themselves booked for a crime they didn’t commit.
Featuring a cameo by a beloved character from the New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle’s Bibliophile series!
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KimD (verified owner) –
A FATAL FIRST EDITION is the fourteenth book in the Library Lover’s Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay. Combine a rare and valuable edition of Strangers on a Train with a murder on board a moving train from Chicago to Connecticut, with a blizzard and a kidnapping, and you have the basis for an unputdownable tale! Ms. McKinlay’s storytelling is top-notch and in this newest release, she brings an emotional level to the story that stayed with me long after I’d finished the book. The mystery with subplots dovetailed nicely as the clues fell into place, and with a race to rescue Lindsey’s husband, the heart-pounding suspense had me on the edge of my seat. I highly recommend this series to anyone who enjoys wonderful characters, well-crafted mysteries, and libraries!