The Case of the Missing Books

The Case of the Missing Books

2005 • 326 pages

Ratings3

Average rating3.7

15

Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small, damp Irish town. After all, the scenery is lovely, the people are charming—but where are the books? The rolling library's 15,000 volumes have mysteriously gone missing, and it's up to Israel to discover who would steal them . . . and why. And perhaps, after that, he will tackle other bizarre and perplexing local mysteries—like, where does one go to find a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?

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Series

Series

2 primary books

Mobile Library Mystery

Mobile Library Mystery is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Ian Sansom.

The Case of the Missing Books
The Bad Book Affair

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I loved this book. I don't want to say too much in case I

give away all the fun, but the story involves an unsuccessful

librarian who arrives at his first real library job to discover that

the library has been closed. Thanks, Kristen, for telling me about

this one.

January 1, 2007

This was just OK for me. The characters were generally not very likable and I found them to be pretty much one dimensional. I figured out the mystery pretty early on and there were some plot holes that annoyed me, so ya, just OK for me.

October 30, 2009