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Miss Zukas and the Library Murders
Jo Dereske
12 copies

Meet Miss Zukas . . . the very proper, exceedingly conscientious, and relentlessly curious local librarian of tiny Bellehaven, Washington—and one heck of an amateur sleuth!

The Bellehaven police are baffled when a dead body turns up right in the middle of the library's fiction stacks. But Miss Helma Zukas—who never fails to make note of the slightest deviation from the norm of everyday life—is not willing to let this rather nasty disruption stand. Her precious literary sanctuary has been violated, and if the local law cannot get to the bottom of this case, Miss Zukas certainly intends to—with the help of her not-so-proper best friend, Ruth, a six-foot-tall bohemian artist with a nose for gossip and a penchant for getting into trouble. But their research project is bringing them a little too close to a killer . . . who'd like nothing better than to write Helma and Ruth out of the story completely!

Library Journal

No biblio-mystery collection is complete without a tale of an indefatigable librarian-turned-sleuth. Helma Zukas, reference librarian extraordinaire and the heroine of Jo Dereske's Miss Zukas and the Library Murders is so unruffled by the discovery of a body in her Bellehaven, WA, library's stacks that her first question on hearing the news is: "Fiction or nonfiction?" Her logical mind, research skills, and ability to remain collected under any circumstances make Helma the perfect person to assist police chief Wayne Gallant in solving the murder. Their growing intimacy provides a comfortable counterpoint to the investigation. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.