Better late than never
By: Jenn McKinlay
Edition: First edition.
Series: A library lover's mystery -- 7
Publisher: Berkley Books; Berkley
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780399583735
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; Teachers; Librarians; Public libraries; Library directors; Fiction
Description: "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 day no fines for late returns the 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 attention a copy of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, twenty years past due. When Lindsey looks up the borrower, she's shocked to discover it was a murdered schoolteacher 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 Candice's killer? Lindsey is determined to catch the culprit one way or another, because justice for Candice Whitley is long overdue."--
Notes: Includes reading group recommendations, reader's guide for Catcher in the rye, recipes, and an excerpt from the author's Assault and beret, (pages [271]-292).