Every so often — but not often enough, in our opinion! — Mysterious Press publishes a new bibliomystery, short tales about deadly books written by some of crime fiction's best authors. Omnimystery News is pleased to present the latest entry in this series, new this week …
Remaindered by Peter Lovesey
A Bibliomystery Short Story
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Price: $1.99 (as of 08/26/2014 at 1:30 PM ET).
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A puzzler of a tale about a dead bookshop owner, a priceless cache of first editions, and a deadly secret taken to the grave …
It's no mystery who killed Robert Ripple, owner of Precious Finds Bookstore in Pokesville, Pennsylvania. It was Agatha Christie — or rather, a large carton of valuable Christie hardcovers that the not-so-young Ripple was attempting to lift when his heart gave out. The real question is why the so-called Friends of England, who meet regularly in the back room of Ripple's literary emporium, are so eager to keep the place open after its proprietor's death.
Certainly it must have something to do with the Friends' past lives as the associates of a slain New York mobster. Whatever their plan is, they'll need the help of Tanya Tripp, Ripple's recently hired and completely unsuspecting assistant, if they want to pull it off.
But despite her trustworthy appearance, Tanya may well be hatching a scheme of her own.
— Remaindered by Peter Lovesey
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