A typical thriller
from DB, this time set in the world of libraries and rare books.
The shy division
head of the Library of Congress in Washington DC is making his early morning
patrol of the vaults in the Library when he is suddenly mysteriously killed. No
motive can be found and the cause of death cannot be ascertained.
Caleb Shaw is head
of the rare books section of the library and he is stunned at the unexpected
death. He is a member of the Camel Club, a hotchpotch group of four characters,
each with individual skills who meet regularly to discuss current problems.
They decide to try
and find out why and how he was killed
Meanwhile a top
class con artiste is intent on planning a con on the owner of a casino in
Atlantic City because he had her Mother killed. She also has a group of
confederates involved in her complicated plot.
The two groups
eventually come together and are involved in the tracking down of a notorious
spy ring in the seat of power in Congress.
The plot is
extremely complicated and I lost my way several times as there are so many
characters in the story but one can eventually pull it all together.
DB is a good
writer of this type of thriller, and it is a good story, even though rather
tongue in cheek. I have read some of his other books and this is as good as the
rest.
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