Garrett, Truman. Murder--First Edition (New York: Arcadia House, 1956) 222 p.

Sue Young returns to the Northrup (Mass.) Public Library after an absence of some years. She does a variety of jobs, filling in where needed. She writes overdue notices, types book orders, and alphabetizes. There are mysterious happenings at the library, culminating in the murder of the Head Librarian, Frazer Sheldon and then of his assistant, Mattie Harmon. The mystery is finally seen to revolve around a large collection of rare first editions which had belonged to the former Head Librarian, Cyril Ackley. Other staff involved include Ethel Grayson (the unpleasant and generally disliked Head of Reference), Charles Hickley (elderly reference librarian who is retired involuntarily by the board of directors as a cost cutting measure), and Priscilla Dane (a young librarian). Also named in the story are Jean Fitzpatrick (Head of Children's Dept.), Kay Strong (Art Dept.), Bertha Cooke (Head of Cataloging, "Bertha was one of those rare women who pass into spinsterhood without bitterness or frustration. She was one of the mildest and gentlest people I ever knew." p. 112), Molly Ferguson, Henry W. Longfellow, and Mary Ward (Circulation).