Murder in the Manuscript Room (Hardcover) by Mr. Con Lehane

from Maydacat

Much intrigue surrounds this murder in the library. Raymond Ambler, librarian of crime fiction, has a vested interest in solving the murder. He also has an interest in coworker Adele Morgan, who, in turn, is intrigued by an Islamic scholar doing research in the library. The scholar is a person of...

from cyderry

Spies can be found anywhere including the library but when an undercover agent is found murdered and stuffed on the shelf, Raymond Ambler knows he needs to figure why his library was "targeted" I have to admit that this second installment was a bit easier to read than the first and I got the begi...

from brangwinn

I finished the book, but I kept rolling my eyes at the premise of a librarian really being that close to a police detective. I won't be reading more in this series.

from dono421846

Although well written, this mystery, which takes place a few years after the first volume of the series, strikes me as pushing the envelope of the credible. Many of the themes are relevant and contemporary, especially the ugliness of anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim paranoia. But the deep strains o...

from aztwinmom

Raymond Ambler is a librarian at the 42nd Street Library...and also happens to have helped the local police with murder cases. When a body is found in his office, Ambler is once again involved in crime-solving. A little slow to begin, the story gradually caught my interest and was very entertaining.