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The Case of the Missing Books

Ian Sansom

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  • Barry Award Nominee for Best British Crime Novel (2007)
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ISBN: 9780007206995
Author: Ian Sansom
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 2006-02-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Goodreads rating: 3.02
(rated by 3677 readers)

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Introducing Israel Armstrong, one of literature’s most unlikely detectives in the first of a series of novels from the author of the critically acclaimed Ring Road. Israel is an intelligent, shy, passionate, sensitive sort of he’s Jewish; he’s a vegetarian; he could maybe do with losing a little weight. And he’s just arrived in Ireland to take up his first post as a librarian. But the library’s been shut down and Israel ends up stranded on the North Antrim coast driving an old mobile library.There’s nice scenery, but 15,000 fewer books than there should be. Who on earth steals that many books? How? When would they have time to read them all? And is there anywhere in this godforsaken place where he can get a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?Israel wants answers…
 

  • Barry Award Nominee for Best British Crime Novel (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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