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Title details for Murder in the Manuscript Room by Con Lehane - Available

Murder in the Manuscript Room

by Con Lehane
John McLain
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When a murder desecrates the halls of New York City's iconic 42nd Street Library, Raymond Ambler, the library's curator of crime fiction, has a personal interest in solving the crime. But his quest to solve the murder is complicated by personal entanglements involving his friend-or perhaps more-than-friend-Adele Morgan. Not only does Adele's relationship with the staffer who was murdered get in the way of Ambler's investigation but her growing interest in a darkly handsome Islamic scholar disturbs him. When the Intelligence Division of the New York Police Department takes over the case from NYPD homicide detective Mike Cosgrove-Ambler's friend and sometimes partner-in-crime-solving-Ambler suspects that the murder of the young woman and the curious intervention of NYPD's intelligence division are connected. But with the city's law-enforcement establishment determined to stop his investigation, the inquisitive and intrepid librarian faces challenges that may put his very life at risk.

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  • Release date

    December 5, 2017

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666598063
      • File size: 265041 KB
      • Duration: 09:12:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator John McLain delivers intrigue that involves the New York City Library system and police department. Soon after new librarian Leila Stone starts asking questions about Islamic scholar Gobi Tabrizi, Leila's body is found in the office of Raymond Ambler, a librarian who is an amateur detective. As corrupt cops emerge, McLain creates the ideal voices to give a noir touch to a plot involving seemingly unrelated deaths. Through deft pacing, McLain gives this audiobook strong expression and heightens the dramatic tension. He takes the listener back to the 1980s with the murder of a union leader, an act that reaches into the present. McLain's excellent performance makes this audiobook exciting to listen to. V.M.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 4, 2017
      Early in Lehane’s intricate sequel to 2016’s Murder at the 42nd Street Library, crime fiction librarian Ray Ambler meets writer and former undercover cop Paul Higgins, who’s donating his papers to the NYPL. If Higgins has information related to the murder of union leader Richard Wright in Brooklyn in the 1980s, he’s not telling Ray. Ray has an interest because a good friend of his has been imprisoned for years for killing Wright, but now claims he’s innocent. Meanwhile, the discovery of the body of library research assistant Leila Stone in Ray’s office leads to the arrest of Middle Eastern scholar Gobi Tabrizi, whose research Leila secretly examined. Ray and his fellow librarian and prospective girlfriend, Adele Morgan, believe that officials are casting Gobi as a convenient culprit. Ray’s homicide detective friend, Mike Cosgrove, is later puzzled by high-level interference in the Leila investigation and heads off in pursuit of Higgins, who has disappeared. Lehane provides food for thought by comparing past FBI transgressions with present-day Homeland Security activities. Agent: Alice Martell, Martell Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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