TY - BOOK AU - Gray,Shelley Shepard TI - Whispers in the reading room SN - 9780310338499 AV - PS3607.R3966 W364 2015 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Zondervan KW - Librarians KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Murder KW - Chicago (Ill.) KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft KW - Religious fiction KW - Historical fiction N1 - Includes discussion questions; Includes excerpt from: The loyal heart / Robin Lee Hatcher (pages 341-344) N2 - "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 ER -