This first book in an irresistible new
series introduces librarian and
reluctant sleuth Raymond Ambler, a doggedly curious fellow
who uncovers
murderous secrets hidden behind the majestic marble façade
of New York
City’s landmark 42nd Street Library.
Murder at the
42nd Street Library follows Ambler and his partners in crime-
solving as they track down a killer, shining a light on the
dark deeds and
secret relationships that are hidden deep inside the famous
flagship
building at the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth
Avenue.
In their search for the reasons behind the
murder, Ambler and his crew
uncover sinister, and profoundly disturbing, relationships
among the
scholars studying in the iconic library. Included among the
players are a
celebrated mystery writer who has donated his papers to the
library’s crime
fiction collection; that writer’s long-missing daughter, a
prominent New
York society woman with a hidden past, and more than one of
Ambler’s
colleagues at the library. Shocking revelations lead
inexorably to the
traumatic events that follow—the reading room will never be
the same.