Open and Closed
Open and Closed by Mat Coward is a mystery novel published by iUniverse in July 2009. This edition spans 252 pages and is presented in English. The story unfolds in the Bath Street public library in Cowden, London, where the borough council’s plans to close the library are met with resistance from passionate library supporters. However, the atmosphere of solidarity quickly shifts when a body is discovered in the librarian’s office, setting the stage for a complex investigation.
Readers will find themselves immersed in the fourth installment of the DI Don Packham and DC Frank Mitchell series, which combines elements of crime and police procedural narratives. The plot intricately weaves together themes of community activism and the darker side of human nature, as the characters navigate the challenges posed by the library’s impending closure and the mystery surrounding the murder. This book offers a unique blend of quirky storytelling and engaging detective work, appealing to fans of fiction that explores the intersection of crime and societal issues.
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“Readers who have not yet sampled this quirky and entertaining series should be vehemently encouraged to do so, with all haste.”-Booklist
The fourth DI Don Packham and DC Frank Mitchell mystery.
There’s a body in the library.
The Bath Street public library in Cowden, London, that is. The borough council wants to close it as part of a “rationalization” package. So one autumn night, militant library-lovers enter the building and begin unfurling their banners and bedrolls. The mood is full of hope and solidarity-at least, until a garroted corpse is found sitting in the librarian’s office.
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