Gray, Shelley Shepard,
Whispers in the reading room / Shelley Gray. - 344 pages ; 22 cm. - Gray, Shelley Shepard. Chicago World's Fair mystery. .
Includes discussion questions. Includes excerpt from: The loyal heart / Robin Lee Hatcher (pages 341-344).
"Just months after the closure of the Chicago World's Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious dark-haired and dark-eyed patron. He has never given her his name; he actually never speaks to a single person. All she knows about him is that he loves books as much as she does ... Lydia and Sebastian form a fragile friendship, but when she discovers that Mr. Marks isn't merely a very wealthy gentleman, but also the proprietor of an infamous saloon and gambling club, she is shocked"--Page 4 of cover.
9780310338499
2015020309
Librarians--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Religious fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3607.R3966 / W364 2015
813/.6
Whispers in the reading room / Shelley Gray. - 344 pages ; 22 cm. - Gray, Shelley Shepard. Chicago World's Fair mystery. .
Includes discussion questions. Includes excerpt from: The loyal heart / Robin Lee Hatcher (pages 341-344).
"Just months after the closure of the Chicago World's Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious dark-haired and dark-eyed patron. He has never given her his name; he actually never speaks to a single person. All she knows about him is that he loves books as much as she does ... Lydia and Sebastian form a fragile friendship, but when she discovers that Mr. Marks isn't merely a very wealthy gentleman, but also the proprietor of an infamous saloon and gambling club, she is shocked"--Page 4 of cover.
9780310338499
2015020309
Librarians--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Religious fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3607.R3966 / W364 2015
813/.6