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Murder at the Library of Congress (1999)

von Margaret Truman

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Margaret Truman looks inside one of D.C.'s great institutions, the Library of Congress, the place where much of the wisdom of the nation is collected, and finds blood on the floor.

Was there a second diary, beyond the one Columbus kept, describing his voyage to the New World? Leading scholars at the Library of Congress think so, and Annabel Smith, with her pre-Columbian interests, has been commissioned by the library's magazine, Civilization, to write about it.

She is not the only person interested. Word comes through the rare-books black market that a wealthy bibliophile has been offered the second diary: He'd not only pay, he'd almost kill to possess it. Starting her search in the library itself, Annabel soon finds herself competing with an ambitious TV journalist. As both women come closer to finding the hidden documents, other questions creep up. Was the murder of the library's most prominent Hispanic scholar connected to the missing diary? Further research leads them deeper into barely explored corners of the library and closer to having to face their own mortality.

Murder in familiar yet surprising surroundings- a great library- leads to a surprising conclusion in this latest Capital Crime novel.

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If you are privy to the inner workings of special collections within libraries, this book will ring very true for you. She also illumintes on the ways that museums and libraries acquire rare pieces, which is in this case is dubious. Ms. Truman really knows her stuff about the political systems and how the quid pro quo system travels from the Hill rolling down to all aspects of the government. I found those aspects of the novel quite fun to read. ( )
  lollyletsgo | Aug 10, 2017 |
One of the books in the Capital Crimes series by Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry. Gallery owner Annabel Reed-Smith is assigned to write an article on some missing diaries from an associate of Christopher Columbus who accompanied him on his expeditions to the New World. While doing some research in the Library of Congress, an expert in the field is murdered. In addition, a painting is stolen at a small museum in Miami. Both incidents seem to be related to the search for the missing diaries. Despite Annabelle’s intentions not to get involved, she does anyway. Though there is some interesting "insider" info on the workings of the Library of Congress, the rest of the book was pretty predictable and at times kind of boring. Some of the language is a bit dated (who uses the term broad anymore!) The ending wasn’t very surprising, or very interesting. 2 out of 5 stars. ( )
  marsap | Jan 21, 2015 |
As someone who's worked in libraries Margaret Truman gets a lot of details right. This is an engaging mystery about academic jealously surrounding a crew member's chronicle of Christopher Columbus' first voyage. I recommend it (and visiting the Library of Congress, it is a magnificent place).

-Lisa Shapter ( )
  LisaShapter | Jun 28, 2011 |
Fun, quick read but definitely not in the major leagues. ( )
  Bookish59 | Aug 18, 2010 |
Very good
  whyteb |
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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

Margaret Truman looks inside one of D.C.'s great institutions, the Library of Congress, the place where much of the wisdom of the nation is collected, and finds blood on the floor.

Was there a second diary, beyond the one Columbus kept, describing his voyage to the New World? Leading scholars at the Library of Congress think so, and Annabel Smith, with her pre-Columbian interests, has been commissioned by the library's magazine, Civilization, to write about it.

She is not the only person interested. Word comes through the rare-books black market that a wealthy bibliophile has been offered the second diary: He'd not only pay, he'd almost kill to possess it. Starting her search in the library itself, Annabel soon finds herself competing with an ambitious TV journalist. As both women come closer to finding the hidden documents, other questions creep up. Was the murder of the library's most prominent Hispanic scholar connected to the missing diary? Further research leads them deeper into barely explored corners of the library and closer to having to face their own mortality.

Murder in familiar yet surprising surroundings- a great library- leads to a surprising conclusion in this latest Capital Crime novel.

From the Hardcover edition.

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