• The Librarian of Crooked Lane

  • The Glass Library, Book 1
  • By: C.J. Archer
  • Narrated by: Marian Hussey
  • Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,868 ratings)

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The Librarian of Crooked Lane

By: C.J. Archer
Narrated by: Marian Hussey
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A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. The Librarian of Crooked Lane is an intriguing new fantasy from C.J. Archer, the USA Today best-selling author of the Glass and Steele series.

Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary woman who loves books. She seeks answers from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly learns that finding the truth won't be easy, especially when he turns out to be as artless as her, and more compelling and dangerous than books.

War hero Gabe is gifted with wealth, a loving family, and an incredible amount of luck that saw him survive four harrowing years of a brutal war without injury. But not all injuries are visible. Burying himself in his work as a consultant for Scotland Yard, Gabe is going through the motions as he investigates the theft of a magician-made painting. But his life changes when he unwittingly gets Sylvia dismissed from her job and places her in danger.

After securing her new employment in a library housing the world's greatest collection of books about magic, Gabe and Sylvia's lives become intwined as they work together to find both the painting and the truth about Sylvia's past before powerful people can stop them.

But sometimes the past is better left buried?

©2022 C.J. Archer (P)2022 C.J. Archer

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Too short! Wanted it to continue

Love this series, I wasn’t sure I would enjoy the continuation of the story with Gabe, but wow I love it! I was hoping a certain main character would show up at the end and was disappointed that didn’t happen, but it’s something to look forward to in future books! Amazing narration as always. I never write reviews, but I eagerly await next March for the next installment! Thank you for a great series!

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Narrator is one of my favorites!

Marian Hussey is fantastic at different voices for each character, it keeps up the immersion.

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The librarian

What a darling book!! I am so glad that I discovered this author, I am off to immediately begin listening to one of her other books.

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A fun mystery

A fun, low stakes mystery with an excellent reader. I’m looking forward to book 2.

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Curious where the journey will go…

I enjoyed the book and performance over all. Looking forward to the next. It was a bit slow, but it’s staging character development and story arc, so that’s my only criticism.

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At last!!

At last a murder mystery that rivals Mrs Polifax and Amelia Peabody. I can’t wait for the sequel!!

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twist and turns in the story are great

I loved this book from the first chapter to the last. it was well written and well read. I look forward to the next book in this series.

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love it

i loved the characters the first time and it's nice all the good ones are back

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Great author

I love CJ Archer, and this new series has not disappointed. I love everything written by her

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Cozy murder mystery with old favorite characters

Nice mystery and Marian Hussey does a delightful performance in delivering this story. I enjoyed some of the old Steele/glass characters as well as the new ones, Not anything fancy here, just a bit of entertainment and escape.

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