The Case of the Missing Books: 1 (Mobile Library Mystery) - Softcover

Sansom, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060822503 ISBN 13: 9780060822507

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2007

Synopsis

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?

About this title

Review:

"[Sansom's] fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander McCall Smith fans"--Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Ian Sansom is the author of 10 books of fiction and non-fiction. He is a former Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a former Writer-in-Residence at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry in Belfast. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3 and he writes for The Guardian and The London Review of Books.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060822503
• ISBN 13: 9780060822507
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352