Austwick, John. Murder in the Borough Library (Great Britain: Black Dagger Crime, 1995) 173 p. Originally published, London: Robert Hale, 1959.

The foreword to this reprint edition explains that John Austwick was a pseudonym of the Reverend Austin Lee (see Sheep's Clothing, no. 390). This story takes place in the borough of Airebridge, which the foreword identifies as the fictional version of Keighley, Yorkshire, where Lee lived. A man is found dead in the reference room of the borough library. The head librarian is Mr. Hartley, a fastidious man who takes special pride in the reference library. The assistants (in order of age) are Miss Alderson, Miss Binns, and Miss Violet Preston. There is also a young male assistant called Charles Kershaw. The assistants tend to be chatty while Mr. Hartley is all business.