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02328aam a2200409 i 4500 001 DA0CD838084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 240403s2024 onc e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1335909699 020 $a 9781335909695 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1428573728 040 $a QUE $b eng $e rda $c QUE $d OCLCO $d PX0 $d SILO 050 4 $a PR6119.H4634 $b L53 2024 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23/eng/20240429 100 1 $a ShenjeÌ, Kuchenga, $e author. 245 14 $a The library thief / $c Kuchenga ShenjeÌ. 260 $a Toronto, Ontario : $b Hanover Square Press, $c [2024] 300 $a 358 pages ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "First published in 2024 by Sphere (UK). This edition published in 2024."--Title page verso. 520 $a "1896. After he brought her home from Jamaica as a baby, Florence's father had her hair hot-combed to make her look like the other girls. But as a young woman, Florence is not so easy to tame--and when she brings scandal to his door, the bookbinder throws her onto the streets of Manchester. Intercepting her father's latest commission, Florence talks her way into the remote, forbidding Rose Hall to restore its collection of rare books. Lord Francis Belfield's library is old and full of secrets--but none so intriguing as the whispers about his late wife. Then one night, the library is broken into. Strangely, all the priceless tomes remain untouched. Florence is puzzled, until she discovers a half-burned book in the fireplace. She realizes with horror that someone has found and set fire to the secret diary of Lord Belfield's wife-which may hold the clue to her fate.."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Book burning $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Trespass $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Bookbinders $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Rare book libraries $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Libraries $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Diaries $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fathers and daughters $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Gothic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240502012138.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA0CD838084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search