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The Library Paradox
The Library Paradox | Catherine Shaw
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Cambridge, 1896. Motherhood and private detecting don't easily go hand in hand, but even with two small children Vanessa Weatherburn still manages to indulge her passion for solving mysteries. When three sombre scholars knock on the (…more)
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Andrew65
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I actually finished a book! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Started this one about 9 days ago. This was an enjoyable murder mystery set in 1896 London with a mother who is also a private detective. A lot of information in this book, and covers the Dreyfus Affair, as well as anti-semitism.

There are a few others in this series and I‘d hope to get to them at some point. This one has sat on my bookshelf since 2014. #SeriesLove2025 #ShelfSweeper @TheSpineView

emz711 I've never heard of this! 1mo
Andrew65 @emz711 I hadn‘t either, we picked it up years ago in a charity shop. 1mo
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TheSpineView Awesome! 💜📖 1mo
Andrew65 @TheSpineView Thanks, just grateful to have finished a book and got some reading in. 1mo
emz711 @Andrew65 it's the 3rd in the series, did you read the others first? 1mo
rabbitprincess Hurray for finishing a book! 🥳 1mo
Andrew65 @emz711 No but definitely didn‘t spoil my enjoyment of the book. Will now seek to search out the others in the series. 1mo
Andrew65 @rabbitprincess Totally lost my reading habit recently and feels good to be trying to get that habit back and the joy of finishing a book. 1mo
kspenmoll Sounds like a fascinating book! 1mo
Andrew65 @kspenmoll It was and covered a number of key themes, not least the role of women in society at that time. (edited) 1mo
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Andrew65
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Setting off on the #ShelfSweeper readathon running throughout May by reading the tagged book set in 1896 and featuring a mother / private detective investigating a murder of a Professor in a library at King‘s College London.

Been sat on my shelf since July 2014.

#Elizabeth @Tove_Reads

Bookwormjillk That sounds like a good one! 1mo
Andrew65 @Bookwormjillk Very interesting and different so far. 1mo
Tove_Reads Never heard of it, but sounds good! 1mo
Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Looks like one of a series, and enjoyable so far. 1mo
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PuddleJumper
The Library Paradox | Catherine Shaw
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Book cover scavenger hunt for #HauntedShelf I am trying to find them in books that I own.

This has been on my shelf for years. I should probably #readordonate at this point!

#Flerken

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The Library Paradox | Catherine Shaw
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-52412655?SThisFB&hickleberrypunchfis...
Oh no! At least she meant well! The librarians don't seem to be taking it too hard, so that's good. An honest mistake.

Title is a bit weird though. Not really sure how it's coronavirus related though other than the library being closed.