The Vanishing Volume: An Emily Applegate Spinster Librarian Mystery

It might be bitter cold in January 1943, but things are heating up at spinster librarian Emily Applegate's New England library. When she discovers a thief is raiding the library's collection bin of books donated for the troops, Emily puts her love of detective fiction and mysteries to work as she goes on the hunt to figure out whodunit.

"Check out" librarian and amateur sleuth Emily Applegate's baffling first case in this whimsical WWII-set cozy mystery, a Derringer Short Mystery Fiction Award finalist.