Bad Book Affair

<p>[Israel's] fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander McCall Smith fans. --<em>Publishers Weekly</em><p></p></p> <p> </p></p><p>Author Ian Sansom clearly loves a good laugh (<em>Washington Post</em>) as his delightful mystery series featuring rumpled fish-out-of-water Jewish vegetarian librarian Israel Armstrong indisputably proves. <em>The Bad Book Affair </em>is Israel's fourth hilarious adventure as he tools around Ireland in a rattletrap bookmobile trying to solve the mystery of a missing teenage girl while trying to keep his mess of a personal life in order. Sansom's Mobile Library Mystery series has made a big splash with critics on both sides of the Pond. The <em>New York Times Book Review </em>loves their formidable reserves of insight and humor<em> </em>while the <em>London Times </em>calls Israel one of the most original and exciting amateur sleuths around.<p></p></p>