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5) Real murders
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Aurora, a librarian and member of a club devoted to the study of famous crimes, has prepared a speech for the Real Murder Society, but she is upstaged by a murder when a killer decides to stage a real-life re-enactment of the case she has chosen, casting one of the club members as the victim.
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Eva Traube Abrams, a semiretired librarian in Florida, is at the returns desk one morning when her eyes lock on to a photograph in a newspaper nearby. She freezes; it's an image of a book she hasn't seen in sixty-five years--a book she recognizes as the Book of Lost Names. The accompanying article describes the looting of libraries across Europe by the Nazis during World War II--an experience Eva remembers all too well. As a graduate student in 1942,...
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With her sort-of boyfriend Marcus calling it quits and her ex-boyfriend Andrew showing up out of the blue, small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson plenty of drama to deal with-- and that's before a local theatre festival relocates to Mayville Heights. Now the town is buzzing with theatre folk, many with their own private dramas. When the director, Hugh Davis, is found shot to death near the marina, it's up to Kathleen to play detective-- with a little...
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"Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure from a spectacular debut author. One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai have been sent to an alternative...
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A librarian's discovery of a mysterious book sparks the journey of a lifetime in the delightful new novel from the international bestselling author of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper. Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people--though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it feels like she's invisible. All of that changes...
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"Winter in Mayville Heights is busy and not just because of the holidays. Kathleen is hard at work organizing a benefit to raise money for the library's popular Reading Buddies program. She has her hands full hosting the event. And when a guest at the gala drops dead, her magical cats, Owen and Hercules, will have their paws full helping her solve a murder. The victim is the ex of town rascal Burtis Chapman, but she hasn't lived in the area in years....
19) Tell no tales
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Librarian Faith Newberry eagerly anticipates the upcoming retreat for children's book authors and illustrators, but the retreat is cast adrift when a famous illustrator, Herbert Grissom, is murdered. It's up to Faith and Watson, her devoted cat, and the Candle House Book Club to identify his killer.
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"Sloane Parker lives a small, contained life as a librarian in her small, contained town. She never thinks of herself as lonely...but still she looks forward to that time every day when old curmudgeon Arthur McLachlan comes to browse the shelves and cheerfully insult her. Their sparring is such a highlight of Sloane's day that when Arthur doesn't show up one morning, she's instantly concerned. And then another day passes, and another. Anxious, Sloane...
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