This debut novel is an absolute delight...irresistible to librarians. "You know how it feels when you open the pages of a new book, the sense that all is possible, that this might be the book that will sweep you up so completely that you will lose yourself in its story, not stopping to eat or sleep or answer the phone, and when it ends, you will be close to weeping, knowing this experience might never happen again?" Well that's how Karen Nash, a killer librarian, felt the morning of her first trip ever. She was to go to England with her boyfriend of four years, Dave the plumber. She was "an efficient and organized packer. Of course, she'd made a list of all she'd need, but the most important thing was figuring out what books to bring..." Unfortunately, Dave not only cancels the trip, he breaks up with her the morning they are supposed to leave. She decides to go anyway, and is in for one surprise, including murder, after another. Her librarian friend, Rosie, from back home advises her to "try not to kill or get killed on [her] trip to bookland - Hay on Wire.
"The important things if life: books, reading, and chocolate..."
"Reading next to someone can be the most companionable thing to do in all the world."
"You can make anyone a reader, if you match them with the right book."
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