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The Library Fuzz MEGAPACK ®: The Complete Hal Johnson Series

de James Holding

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James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books â?? including the Ellery Queen Jr. series â?? but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the "Library Fuzz" stories, about detective Hal Johnson who tracks down overdue library books (and often stumbles across bigger crimes) is one of the most usual...and fun!

This MEGAPACKâ?¢ collects all the "Library Fuzz" tales, plus several that feature secondary characters in their own stories...plus a (very different) alternate version of one story.

Included are:

LIBRARY FUZZ

MORE THAN A MERE STORYBOOK

THE BOOKMARK

THE ELUSIVE MRS. STOUT

HERO WITH A HEADACHE

STILL A COP

THE MUTILATED SCHOLAR

THE SAVONAROLA SYNDROME

THE HENCHMAN CASE

THE YOUNG RUNNERS

THE HONEYCOMB OF SILENCE

THE JACK O'NEAL AFFAIR

THE REWARD

THE SEARCH FOR TAMERLANE

SIDESWIPE

THE BOOK CLUE

THE VAPOR CLUE

THE MISOPEDIST

CAUSE FOR ALARM

HELL IN A BASKET

If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 220+ other entries in this series, including mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns â?? and much, muc… (més)

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Entertaining detective stories, mostly about an ex-police detective turned librarian chasing down overdue books. Not great literature but lots of fun. ( )
  ssmmiitthh | Feb 3, 2024 |
Overall, this series has a clever premise: an experienced police detective has now left his job with "serious" crime investigation to serve as the person who hunts down people with overdue library books. However, his seemingly innocent job repeatedly leads him into serious crime situations which he solves by using his past police skills plus his understanding of how the library system works. Many of these stories are based on ingenious links between books and crime.
Though most of the stories are enjoyable, there are a few weaknesses. There are two stories which are obviously variants on the same story (even the characters' names are the same) -- judging from the previous publication credits, apparently the author sold different drafts to two different magazines.
Also, the last few stories drop the "library fuzz" detective and make the main detective a regular cop who had appeared as a secondary series character earlier. These stories switch from the urban setting of the earlier stories to a small town setting with no explanation -- there is no suggestion this cop might have transferred to a different town, for instance.
To sum up, given the low price of the volume, I think it is worth buying as light entertainment. ( )
  antiquary | Feb 7, 2020 |
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

James Holding (1907-1997) was a prolific short story author in the mystery field. (He also wrote children's books â?? including the Ellery Queen Jr. series â?? but short stories were his true domain.) Among the many series he created, the "Library Fuzz" stories, about detective Hal Johnson who tracks down overdue library books (and often stumbles across bigger crimes) is one of the most usual...and fun!

This MEGAPACKâ?¢ collects all the "Library Fuzz" tales, plus several that feature secondary characters in their own stories...plus a (very different) alternate version of one story.

Included are:

LIBRARY FUZZ

MORE THAN A MERE STORYBOOK

THE BOOKMARK

THE ELUSIVE MRS. STOUT

HERO WITH A HEADACHE

STILL A COP

THE MUTILATED SCHOLAR

THE SAVONAROLA SYNDROME

THE HENCHMAN CASE

THE YOUNG RUNNERS

THE HONEYCOMB OF SILENCE

THE JACK O'NEAL AFFAIR

THE REWARD

THE SEARCH FOR TAMERLANE

SIDESWIPE

THE BOOK CLUE

THE VAPOR CLUE

THE MISOPEDIST

CAUSE FOR ALARM

HELL IN A BASKET

If you enjoy this volume of classic mysteries, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 220+ other entries in this series, including mysteries, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, westerns â?? and much, muc

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