Murder at the college library /
Lehane, Cornelius,
Murder at the college library / Con Lehane. - 229 pages ; 23 cm. - 42nd Street Library mystery ; bk. 5. . - Lehane, Cornelius. 42nd Street Library mystery ; bk. 5. .
Sequel to: Murder off the page.
An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to buy their mystery-novel collection comes as a welcome surprise for Raymond Ambler, crime-fiction curator at New York City's prestigious 42nd Street Library. But his pleasure quickly turns sour when the collection's curator - Ambler's friend Sam Abernathy - tells him he plans to fight the acquisition tooth and nail. Why would Abernathy kill - and was it for his collection, for college politics, or for some dark secret yet to be revealed? Ambler's not sure his old friend's a killer, but he is sure he wants justice - for both the living and the dead.
0727823051 9780727823052
Ambler, Raymond (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Librarians--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Libraries--Fiction.
Public libraries--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Police corruption--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Murder at the college library / Con Lehane. - 229 pages ; 23 cm. - 42nd Street Library mystery ; bk. 5. . - Lehane, Cornelius. 42nd Street Library mystery ; bk. 5. .
Sequel to: Murder off the page.
An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to buy their mystery-novel collection comes as a welcome surprise for Raymond Ambler, crime-fiction curator at New York City's prestigious 42nd Street Library. But his pleasure quickly turns sour when the collection's curator - Ambler's friend Sam Abernathy - tells him he plans to fight the acquisition tooth and nail. Why would Abernathy kill - and was it for his collection, for college politics, or for some dark secret yet to be revealed? Ambler's not sure his old friend's a killer, but he is sure he wants justice - for both the living and the dead.
0727823051 9780727823052
Ambler, Raymond (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Librarians--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Libraries--Fiction.
Public libraries--Fiction.
Authors--Fiction.
Police corruption--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.