The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections



Eva Jurczyk
Published Date : 2022-01-25
Amazon

Description

Midnight at the Bright Idea Bookstore meets The Bookshop of Yesterdays in a stunning debut following a librarian whose quiet life is turned upside down when a priceless manuscript goes missing. Soon she has to ask: what holds more secrets in the library–the ancient books shelved in the stacks, or the people who preserve them? Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she’s left to run things, she discovers that the library’s most prized manuscript is missing. Liesl tries to sound the alarm and inform the police about the missing priceless book, but is told repeatedly to keep quiet, to keep the doors open and the donors happy. But then a librarian unexpectedly stops showing up to work. Liesl must investigate both disappearances, unspooling her colleagues’ pasts like the threads of a rare book binding as it becomes clear that someone in the department must be responsible for the theft. What Liesl discovers about the dusty manuscripts she has worked among for so long–and about the people who care for and revere them–shakes the very foundation on which she has built her life. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is a sparkling book-club read about a woman struggling to step out from behind the shadows of powerful and unreliable men, and reveals the dark edge of obsession running through the most devoted bookworms.


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Liesl
department
missing
working
quiet
scenes
priceless
discovers
librarian
book
books
rare
The
manuscript
people
But
life
Collections
good
built
stroke
preserve
book-club
stacks
work
powerful
donors
men
unexpectedly
step
content
holds
revere
police
disappearances
long–and
doors
make
university
edge
learned
upside
distinguished
foundation
responsible
debut
dark
library–the
alarm
worked
told
Books
unspooling
long
sparkling
obsession
theft
shes
struggling
ago
head
Midnight
stops
woman
manuscripts
What
read
prized
open
stunning
librarys
repeatedly
unreliable
them–shakes
left
threads
Bright
investigate
Yesterdays
happy
Department
Bookshop
secrets
large
things
reveals
run
turned
colleagues
Idea
ancient
inform
sound
devoted
bookworms
Special
dusty
pasts
showing
shelved
binding
running
Weiss
Bookstore
shadows
boss
clear
Soon
managing
details
meets
care
Rare

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