Fowler, Earlene. Goose in the Pond (New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1998, c1997) 305 p.

Nora Cooper, the storyteller at the San Celina, California library, is murdered. The library staff including Nora’s brother Nick Cooper, the head reference librarian, Jillian Sinclair, the library director, and Delores Ayala, mourns. Why would anyone kill a storyteller?