Fiske, Dorsey. Bound to Murder (New York: St. Martin's, 1987) 305 p.

The Cambridge University Library is in an uproar when a rare copy of Chaucer's Anelida and Arcite is missing from the rare book room. The Rare Books Librarian, Mr. J.H.R. Manthorpe, being absent, the investigation is begun by Professor Fenchurch who is interested in mysteries. Later Manthorpe plays a brief Dr. Watson role to Fenchurch's Holmes. Meanwhile a bookbinder named Welby is acting suspiciously. The University Library is closed for several days while a search for the missing book is executed. The climax of the story plays out in the stacks and at the top of the tower of the library.

The Sheepshanks College library is the scene of another theft. Here we meet Under-Librarian Mole, who "bore a close resemblance to a walking-stick with the handle at right angles to its shaft, his head and shoulders serving as the former" (p. 5). We also meet Librarian Grierson: "Rotund and somewhat fussy, he was nonetheless an unexceptionable librarian and, in marked contrast to his predecessor, an accomplished scholar and administrator" (p. 7).