Not-so-recently finished: The Library Fuzz

[Ingo Siekmann]

Hallo,

just to keep this group alive ;-), here is something I found in the
depths of the kindle vault some time ago.

The Library Fuzz Megapack, by James Holding

https://www.amazon.de/Library-Fuzz-MEGAPACK-Complete-Johnson-ebook/dp/B012B2XYNY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505560900&sr=8-1&keywords=library+fuzz

A collection of short stories that were published in magazines in the
70's to early 80's, this omnibus contains the deeds of Hal Johnson, a
former homicide detective who now works as a "book detective" for the
public library. Now it is his job to look for overdue, lost or stolen
books, return them and collect fees.

And this is a far more dangerous career than one would think. On the
hunt for missing books, Johnson stumbles on crime upon crime. Sometimes,
the books hide proofs of murder, theft of smuggling, sometimes Johnson's
job brings him to the wrong place at the wrong time, and sometimes the
book themselves are the McGuffin of the story.

The stories are not groundbreaking - most of them are as original and
dated as 70's TV mysteries-, but I found it an unusual and entertaining
read.



Bye
Ingo

[Nyssa]

Post by Ingo Siekmann
Hallo,
just to keep this group alive ;-), here is something I
found in the depths of the kindle vault some time ago.
The Library Fuzz Megapack, by James Holding

https://www.amazon.de/Library-Fuzz-MEGAPACK-Complete-Johnson-

ebook/dp/B012B2XYNY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505560900&sr=8-1&keywords=library+fuzz

Post by Ingo Siekmann
A collection of short stories that were published in
magazines in the 70's to early 80's, this omnibus contains
the deeds of Hal Johnson, a former homicide detective who
now works as a "book detective" for the public library.
Now it is his job to look for overdue, lost or stolen
books, return them and collect fees.
And this is a far more dangerous career than one would
think. On the hunt for missing books, Johnson stumbles on
crime upon crime. Sometimes, the books hide proofs of
murder, theft of smuggling, sometimes Johnson's job brings
him to the wrong place at the wrong time, and sometimes
the book themselves are the McGuffin of the story.
The stories are not groundbreaking - most of them are as
original and dated as 70's TV mysteries-, but I found it
an unusual and entertaining read.
Bye
Ingo

Thanks for the pointer, Ingo. It sounds like fun! I've
put it on my wish list for later acquisition.

Since we're discussing Kindle books at the moment, I'd
like to put out a warning *against* one that I just
struggled through, "The President Is Dead" by Gerry
Hartigan. It's got to be one of the worst written,
worst formatted, and worst plotted Kindle books I've
read...and I've read and reviewed a LOT of 'em.

Once I recover from the shock of the thing, I may
get up the courage to write a review. Horrible!

Meanwhile I started a DTB last night, "Red Star Falling"
by Brian Freemantle. I wish I had read the previous
two in the series so I'd have a background in the
characters and their relationships. The Gist of it
so far is a turf war between MI5 and MI6, mostly
because the Director of MI6 is power mad. Meanwhile
the hero of the series, an MI5 field agent, has been
captured by the Russian FSB after being shot by one
of the MI6 Director's minions.

Even with the missing details that are most likely covered
in the previous book, it's so much better than that Kindle
abomination.

Nyssa, who wonders how the author of the abomination got
any of his books published