{"product_id":"a-shush-before-dying-paperback","title":"A Shush Before Dying - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDale Ivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand-new librarian Meg Booker is just supposed to be checking out books.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstead, it's the patrons who are being checked out--permanently.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApril 1985. Fir Grove Library, Portland, Oregon: Big hair. Leggings. Card catalogs. Kicking kids with giant boom boxes out of the library. Meg's got it all handled--until her boss takes off on a way-too-long vacation and leaves her in charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRight away, things start going wrong. Historical records disappear out of the archives. The hot new library page skateboards into work--or doesn't--whenever he feels like it. A simmering feud boils over between two prominent and universally loathed patrons--nicknamed \"The Witch\" and \"Leisure Suit Lothario\"--leaving Meg scrambling to keep the peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the Witch turns up dead in the library conference room. The police say it's natural causes, but Meg suspects murder--and no librarian worth her reference desk credentials leaves a question unanswered. Aided by the library's mystery book club, and armed with mad research skills, she sets out to prove what really happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when there's another death--and one of her friends is arrested -Meg must unmask the real murderer before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Shush Before Dying\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book of the \u003cem\u003eMeg Booker Librarian Mysteries\u003c\/em\u003e--a cozy library mystery series set in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42738483036223,"sku":"9798223363781","price":27.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3676d4616745d7117c69d66e731c9d7b.webp?v=1765153472","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-shush-before-dying-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}