The Case of the Missing Books - (Mobile Library Mystery) by Ian Sansom (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

Israel Armstrong is a passionate soul, lured to Ireland by the promise of an exciting new career. Alas, the job that awaits him is not quite what he had in mind. Still, Israel is not one to dwell on disappointment, as he prepares to drive a mobile library around a small, damp Irish town. After all, the scenery is lovely, the people are charming--but where are the books? The rolling library's 15,000 volumes have mysteriously gone missing, and it's up to Israel to discover who would steal them . . . and why. And perhaps, after that, he will tackle other bizarre and perplexing local mysteries--like, where does one go to find a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?

Review Quotes

"Ian Sansom is as expertly comic as his hero is comically inept." - London Times
"One of the most unlikely detectives you'll ever come across." - Daily Express
"[Sansom's] fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander McCall Smith fans" - Publishers Weekly
"Hang around for what promises to be a very enjoyable series." - The Observer