On Borrowed Time: A Library Lover’s Mystery by Jenn McKinlay

                I don’t know how Lindsey puts up with the two men squabbling over her affections.  Their antics get so childish.  I know it would drive me crazy, and both men would be far less appealing in the end.

                The last person library director Lindsey Norris expects to find hiding in her library is her brother Jack.  A world traveler, Jack is never in one place for very long.  Also, there is no job he could possibly have that would bring him to Lindsey’s small town.  Still, despite wondering why he has appeared for a visit, Lindsey is excited to see her brother.  At least she is until a dead body is found and her brother goes missing.

                Since the body is found in the room of the library where Jack was resting, Lindsey is reluctant to tell the police about his presence.  Even after Jack is kidnapped, Lindsey is hesitant to bring in the police.  She knows Jack is innocent of murder, but she worries that by telling the police he has been kidnapped she will only do him more harm than good.  With these thoughts in mind, it is up to Lindsey and her friends to not only save Jack, but solve a murder as well.

                In so many ways, On Borrowed Time was the most action-packed and convoluted book of the Library Lover’s series so far.  People are kidnapped.  Boats blow up.  Mysterious people appear in town.  Dark secrets are uncovered.

                Then there are the two squabbling men.  Both Captain Mike Sullivan and actor Robbie Vine want a relationship with Lindsey.  To get what they want, the men compete for her in childish ways.  While this would be annoying enough to deal with on its own, Lindsey’s friends become involved in the conflict.  They refuse to leave Lindsey’s love life alone.  Each wants Lindsey to choose one man over the other for their own personal reasons.  Never do they stop and think about who would be best for Lindsey, or who she would be happiest with.  Instead, it’s all about them, making them not the most desirable of friends.  Fortunately, they all redeem themselves by coming to Lindsey’s aid when she needs them.

                With everything going on with her brother, the feuding men, and her interfering friends, I don’t know how Lindsey didn’t want to scream after a while.  I’m sure I would have.  If she had, Lindsey might have felt better about everything going on.  At least it could have gotten the message across to everyone to leave her love life alone.