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010 _a 2025037966
020 _a9781250412645
_q(hbk.)
020 _z9781250412652
_q(ebk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)1513886420
040 _aDLC
_beng
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050 0 0 _aPR6102.E4345
_bB66 2026
082 0 0 _a823/.92
_223/eng/20251231
092 _afiction
_bBell, A. D.
100 1 _aBell, A. D.
_c(Novelist)
_eauthor
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245 1 4 _aThe bookbinder's secret /
_cA.D. Bell.
250 _aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 _a[New York, N.Y.] :
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c[2026]
264 4 _c2026
300 _a400 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
337 _aunmediated
338 _avolume
520 _a"Every book tells a story. This one tells a secret. A young bookbinder begins a hunt for the truth when a confession hidden beneath the binding of a burned book reveals a story of forbidden love, lost fortune, and murder. Lilian ("Lily") Delaney, apprentice to a master bookbinder in Oxford in 1901, chafes at the confines of her life. She is trapped between the oppressiveness of her father's failing bookshop and still being an apprentice in a man's profession. But when she's given a burned book during a visit to a collector, she finds, hidden beneath the binding, a fifty-year-old letter speaking of love, fortune, and murder. Lily is pulled into the mystery of the young lovers, a story of forbidden love, and discovers there are more books and more hidden pages telling their story. Lilian becomes obsessed with the story but she is not the only one looking for the remaining books and what began as a diverting intrigue quickly becomes a very dangerous pursuit. Lily's search leads her from the eccentric booksellers of London to the private libraries of unscrupulous collectors and the dusty archives of society papers, deep into the heart of the mystery. But with sinister forces closing in, willing to do anything for the books, Lilian's world begins to fall apart and she must decide if uncovering the truth is worth the risk to her own life"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aWomen bookbinders
_vFiction.
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650 0 _aBooksellers and bookselling
_vFiction
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650 0 _aBook collectors
_vFiction
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655 7 _aHistorical fiction
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655 7 _aDetective and mystery fiction
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655 7 _aRomance fiction
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