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Title: Book Club
Subtitle: Bibliomysteries, Book 8
Author: Loren D. Estleman
Narrator: L.J. Ganser
Format: Unabridged
Length: 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-24-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.
When a bibliophile is murdered, it takes a bookseller to solve the crime.
Good Advice, New Mexico, is a sunny town with a gloomy bookshop. The store's eerie corridors are the province of Avery Sharecross, an ex-cop who has made the transition from chasing killers to tracking rare books. One afternoon, the local sheriff interrupts his book club meeting, and Sharecross's old career collides with his new one.
The area's premier book collector has been found bludgeoned to death on the floor of his family library. A fifth-generation resident of Good Advice, Lloyd Fister devoted his life to books, accumulating a collection of local history that date backs to the 16th century. In his library, a single volume is missing: a Spanish book with a sinister past. Is the missing volume a clue, a motive, or a murder weapon? It will take a collectors eye to decide.
Editorial Reviews:
When Good Advice, New Mexico's Lloyd Fister is found murdered on his library floor, ex-detective turned rare book collector Avery Sharecross is called upon to assist with the investigation, but he only has one clue to work with: a missing volume of a Spanish book with an intriguing past.
L. J. Ganser's nimble, stirring performance perfectly captures the humble small-town spirit of Good Advice and enlivens Estleman's lean, hard-boiled prose in this thoroughly engrossing short story.
Members Reviews:
Impressive Mystery
I am still a little amazed at how a twenty one page story could possibly manage to be one of those gripping mysteries meant to be read on a rainy day, curled up with a cup of hot chocolate, but 'Book Club' was certainly that. This turned out to be a good old fashioned murder mystery revolving around retired detective Avery Sharecross, who is called upon to do some amateur - though very competent - sleuthing when his friend and fellow bibliophile is found dead. With some astute bits of reasoning, we are led on a short but altogether satisfying cerebral hunt for the killer. There was actual depth to the plot and characters - even the bookstore itself was a character in its own rights, and the undertone of humour here made it all the more enjoyable. So don't let the length fool you... this is one to be savoured. And I loved it right down to the last sentence.
A well-crafted short story for those who love books and crime
I stumbled across this short story while looking for something else, and the line "Bibliomysteries: Short Tales about Deadly Books" -- and its price-- sold me. "Book Club" is a neatly crafted and swiftly moving tale that will please any book-loving sleuth. How could you not be lured in after reading one of the descriptions of the bookshop:
"Generations of children had dared one another to approach the place after dark, when the ghosts of William Shakespeare and Mark Twain prowled among the stacks (or during the day, when the proprietor did the haunting); none accepted. Even at high noon, a visitor needed a flashlight to explore the place without running into Thackeray or Gibbon and cracking a tooth."
I really enjoyed watching Sharecross spot evidence and put the clues together. Combine the little mystery with the author's obvious love of books, and this story is a winner.
