Better Late Than Never: A Library Lover’s Mystery by Jenn McKinlay

                    Finally!  Lindsey and Sully have been battling their relationship for a while, but in this book they finally figure it out.  It’s about time.

                As Library Director, Lindsey Norris thought it would be a good idea to have an amnesty day.  All overdue and damage fines would be forgiven as long as the book was returned.  The oldest book to take part of this program was a copy of The Catcher in the Rye that was checked out twenty years ago.  It was checked out by a teacher, Candice Whitley, the very day she was murdered.  Her death is an unsolved case, and Lindsey has the strange feeling the returned book is somehow a clue.

                Looking into the case isn’t easy, though.  Everyone Lindsey mentions it to has a very strange reaction because of the many bad memories it brings up.  During the time of the murder, some people were even chased out of town as people were desperate for someone to blame.  That’s why talking about it so many years later does not sit well with so many members of the town.

                Fortunately, Police Chief Emma Plewicki takes the book as a clue seriously.  She promises to look into the case, but she has the more immediate concern of a string of home invasions to look into as well.  There are only so many resources for Emma to use, which is why she is happy to hear about anything Lindsey finds on her own.

                What Lindsey finds is that despite the twenty years between the murder and the home invasions, they are related.  Which leads to the question: who wants this case reopened?  And why did they bring attention to it by returning the book?

                As I said in the beginning, I’m so happy to see Sully and Lindsey get their relationship together.  They are a good match.  I’m also hoping, that by having this relationship settled, that the childish behavior between Sully and Lindsey’s other love interest, actor Robbie Vine, will end.  This may be the case because it looks like Robbie has already moved on to someone else.  If he has, I look forward to seeing how that relationship develops.