A review by vkemp
Murder in the Manuscript Room by Con Lehane

4.0

Raymond Ambler, a librarian at the 42nd Street branch of the New York Public Library is curating an exhibit, "A Century-and-a-Half of Murder and Mystery in New York City." Raymond is the archivist for the crime fiction collection at the library. But when another librarian is murdered in Raymond's office, he is again caught up in the investigation. Unfortunately, his police buddy, Mike Cosgrove, is frozen out of the homicide investigation, which has been taken over the NYPD Intelligence Department, in the person of Bradley Cooper. Also involved is Raymond's dear friend, Adele Morgan, another librarian who does not agree with the NYPD's theory that Gobi Tabrizi, a scholar reading Islamic literature at the Library, is involved in Leila's murder. And when Raymond uncovers proof that Leila may well be involved with a murder dating back many years that also involved NYPD intelligence, no one is safe. Superb plotting and entertaining characters are the hallmarks of this second entry in the series.