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