Hoang Nguyen

📚 Head librarian Eleanor Bookman prides herself on maintaining perfect order in the historic Cedar Creek Library. But when a priceless first edition of "The Great Gatsby" vanishes during the annual Library Gala, followed by the mysterious death of the wealthy donor who loaned it, Eleanor's quiet world of cataloging and call numbers becomes a crime scene. With the police focusing on the obvious suspects, Eleanor uses her encyclopedic knowledge of the library's secret passages, rare book collection, and eccentric patrons to conduct her own investigation. From coded messages in checkout records to clues hidden in book spines, every shelf holds a potential breakthrough. But as Eleanor digs deeper into the library's shadowy corners, she uncovers a conspiracy involving rare book theft, forgery, and a secret society of collectors—and realizes the killer is someone who knows the library as well as she does.

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