The Christie Curse (2013)
“I smiled.
That Lance DeWitt was so dreamy that if the Harrison Falls Public Library decided to charge fifty bucks a reference question, they would probably have plenty of takers.
I kept my voice even and overlooked the small flutter in my chest. Other women in the library glared at me. Maybe it was the double-cheek kiss. Even though there was absolutely nothing between us, I still got a rush when my handsome friend worked his flirtatious magic.
“Rare manuscripts and books, where wou...ld I find the people who know about them?”
“Still on Agatha, are we?”
“You know me, like a dog with a bone.”
“Well, you could go online, but for the real inside story, let me help. There are some people you should stay away from. You think drug dealers and gangbangers can be violent, try crossing a rabid collector for his first-edition Dylan Thomas.”
I knew my uncles had had a few close calls with obsessive collectors, but would that hold true for book collectors?MoreLess
That Lance DeWitt was so dreamy that if the Harrison Falls Public Library decided to charge fifty bucks a reference question, they would probably have plenty of takers.
I kept my voice even and overlooked the small flutter in my chest. Other women in the library glared at me. Maybe it was the double-cheek kiss. Even though there was absolutely nothing between us, I still got a rush when my handsome friend worked his flirtatious magic.
“Rare manuscripts and books, where wou...ld I find the people who know about them?”
“Still on Agatha, are we?”
“You know me, like a dog with a bone.”
“Well, you could go online, but for the real inside story, let me help. There are some people you should stay away from. You think drug dealers and gangbangers can be violent, try crossing a rabid collector for his first-edition Dylan Thomas.”
I knew my uncles had had a few close calls with obsessive collectors, but would that hold true for book collectors?MoreLess
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