“Well, if a library’s all you want,” Pauline said, “why not walk along with me and I’ll show you one on my way to school.”
“A big one?” Judy asked.
“No, just a small one. In fact, it’s only a bookshop with a circulating library for its customers.”
Judy sighed. It would seem nice to see something small for a change. She never recognized this library at all until they were almost inside the door. Then her eyes shone.
What an interesting place it was! On the counters were quaint gifts and novelties as well as books. The salesladies all wore smocks, like artists, and had the courtesy to leave the girls alone. Pauline had to hurry on to school but left Judy and Irene to browse. Before long they had discovered a sign reading MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE. That was what Judy liked. Rows and rows of new books, like soldiers, marched along the shelves.
“What a lot of flying stories,” Irene said, absently removing one of them from its place.
“And murder mysteries,” Judy added. “It’s always a temptation to read them. Murders in Castle Stein....”
She started back as her eye caught the author’s name.
It was Dale Meredith!