Murder in the Locked Library
by Ellery Adams
(New York: Kensington, 2018)
A number of Victorian era diseases have begun reemerging in first-world nations. Hospitals have reported cases of scurvy, gout, tuberculosis, and rickets. Some of these diseases are making a comeback.
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You can’t convince folks of facts they don’t want to believe.
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My life is a revolving door of secrets.
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“To leave this place would mean losing the life I’d built here.”
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“A man in a kilt who wanted to whisk me away wasn’t what I truly wanted.”
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“Skin the tongue.”
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Bart Baylor had died alone in a locked library int eh company of two relative stragners.
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People who devote their lives to the study, preservation, or sale of books are bound to be a little odd.
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“I want to feel the loss of Bartholomew Baylor,” she said. He’s worth the pain.”
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“More often than not, a murder is deeply personal.”
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“As long as there are people, there will be violence.”
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“It’s possible to commit a crime and still express remorse,” the sheriff said. “A murderer isn’t without feelings. Sometimes, when finally confronted, a killer can be completely overwhelmed by emotion.”
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There was only the rain, sliding sideways down the truck windows like a flow of tears.
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“There are dozens of secret societies who claim the Templar Brotherhood as their foundation.”
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“Its best for those with secret lives not to indulge in romantic entanglements.”
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Children feel safest in a predictable environment.
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“Not all those who wander are lost.”
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