Murder at the College Library by Con Lehane

March 05, 2024

Con Lehane’s amateur sleuth, Raymond Ambler, crime fiction curator at New York City’s 42nd Street Library, steps out of his comfort zone in the latest in the series, Murder at the College Library. There’s nothing gentle about academic politics, and...

Murder By Definition by Con Lehane

December 06, 2022

While the fourth 42nd Street Library Mystery by Con Lehane doesn’t spend a lot of time in the library, it does spend quite a bit of time with favorite support characters, bartender Brian McNulty and homicide detective Mike Cosgrove. Of course, it’s Raymond...

Murder Off the Page by Con Lehane

November 30, 2019

This is probably blasphemy, but I actually like Mike Cosgrove, the homicide cop in Con Lehane’s latest book better than I like Raymond Ambler, the librarian. Ambler seems to live in his head too much in  Murder Off the Page. As Cosgrove reminds him...

Murder in the Manuscript Room by Con Lehane

November 20, 2017

Con Lehane brings back two of my favorite characters in his latest mystery, Murder in the Manuscript Room. Of course, I appreciate Raymond Ambler, the troubled librarian at the iconic 42nd Street Library. But, Brian McNulty, the shrewd bartender at the Library Tavern,...

Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane

April 21, 2016

Con Lehane’s intricately plotted mystery, Murder at the 42nd Street Library, is filled with complex, dysfunctional characters with twisted lives. At the same time, it’s a love letter to New York City, an atmospheric story that begins and ends with tragedy...