Lindsey and Sully travel to Chicago for an archivist conference. At the conference, Brooklyn Wainwright makes a cameo appearance. She’s the main character from Kate Carlisle’s Bibliophile Mystery series.

After one of the sessions, Lindsey discovers a bag underneath her chair. Inside is a rare book, a first edition of Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train. It used to belong to Alfred Hitchcock, evidenced by his notes in the margins. Lindsey and Brooklyn have a moment examining the valuable book.

At the end of the conference, several attendees take the train back east. After an unpleasant scene in the dining car that evening, Lindsey and Sully are glad to go back to their car and relax. Except, they end up watching a thriller, which keeps Lindsey’s mind racing.

She swears she hears something in the next car. The next morning, they discover that the conference director, a man with a shady past, has been murdered. The train stops at Briar Creek, the nearest stop. Lindsey and Sully do their best to help uncover the culprit before it’s too late.

FATAL FIRST EDITION is the fourteenth book in the Library Lover’s series. It was fun to have a cross-over character from another author’s book; I wish we had a little more time with Brooklyn. The setting of the book starts at a conference in Chicago, moves to the train, and finishes in Briar Creek. That way, readers still get to catch up with their favorite characters. The plot moves the book along quickly, making this a quick read. Fatal First Edition is another charming book in this not-to-be-missed series.