About this item
Crime-fiction librarian - and reluctant amateur sleuth - Ray Ambler gets mixed up in murder once again when he's called to appraise a mystery-novel collection at an exclusive New York college.. An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to buy their mystery-novel collection comes as a welcome surprise for Raymond Ambler, crime-fiction curator at New York City's prestigious 42nd Street Library. But his pleasure quickly turns sour when the collection's curator - Ambler's friend Sam Abernathy - tells him he plans to fight the acquisition tooth and nail.. The collection would make a fine addition to his holdings, but Ambler's not looking for drama. It's a shame, then, that drama's looking for him. Just a couple of weeks later, one of Abernathy's colleagues is shot dead from the library's roof, and all signs point to the crime-loving professor as the perpetrator of the violent act.
About the Author
Con Lehane is a mystery writer, living in Washington, DC. Murder Off the Page, out November 19, 2019 from Minotaur/St. Martin's Press, is the third entry in the 42nd Street Library series, featuring Raymond Ambler, curator of the 42nd Street Library's (fictional) crime fiction collection and consulting detective (of sorts) . Lehane has also published three books featuring New York City bartender Brian McNulty and published stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Over the years, he (Lehane, that is) has been a college professor, union organizer, labor journalist, and has tended bar at two-dozen or so drinking establishments. He teaches fiction writing and mystery writing at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Visit him at www.conlehane.com, on Facebook and Twitter.
