num_pages: 269
description: In the latest Library Lovers Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Likely Story a decades overdue book puts library director Lindsey Norris hot on the trail of a cold case... When the Briar Creek Public Library holds its first overdue book amnesty dayno fines for late returnsthe volume of incoming materials is more than Lindsey and her staff can handle. In a bind Lindsey drafts the crafternoon ladies to help check in and sort the stacks of books. But one tardy tome catches her attentiona copy of J. D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye twenty years past due. When Lindsey looks up the borrower shes shocked to discover it was a murdered teacher named Candice Whitley whose killer was never found. Candice checked out the novel on the day she was murdered. Now Lindsey wonders if it could provide a clue to the decades-old cold case. No one noticed who brought the book back in but could it be Candices killer? Lindsey is determined to catch the culprit one way or another because justice for Candice Whitley is long overdue...INCLUDES READING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS
language: English
title: Better Late Than Never
publisher: Berkley