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Author:

Jurczyk, Eva, author.

Title:

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections : a novel / Eva Jurczyk.

Publisher:

Poisoned Pen Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

323 pages ; cm

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories.
Librarians--Fiction.
Book thefts--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 317-323).

Summary:

"Liesl Weiss has been (mostly) happy working in the rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things, she discovers that the library's most prized manuscript is missing. Liesl tries to sound the alarm and inform the police about the missing priceless book but is told repeatedly to keep quiet to keep the doors open and the donors happy. But then a librarian goes missing as well. Liesl must investigate both disappearances, unspooling her colleagues' pasts like the threads of a rare book binding as it becomes clear that someone in the department must be responsible for the theft. What Liesl discovers about the dusty manuscripts she has worked among for so long-and about the people who preserve and revere them-shakes the very foundation on which she has built her life"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781728246598
1728246598
1728238595
9781728238593

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1241442652

LCCN:

2021018888

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

VOPB384 -- Conrad Public Library (Conrad)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

TSPC862 -- Norma Anders Public Library (Dysart)

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

FJPC224 -- Elkader Public Library (Elkader)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

ZSPC475 -- Stubbs Memorial Library (Holstein)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GQPB641 -- Melbourne Public Library (Melbourne)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

RLPB371 -- Scranton Public Library (Scranton)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SWPB522 -- Swisher Public Library (Swisher)

TXPC862 -- Traer Public Library (Traer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

TRPE062 -- Vinton Public Library (Vinton)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)

VNPA334 -- Westgate Public Library (Westgate)

ZAPB232 -- Curtis Memorial Library (Wheatland)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)

BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)