Hitting the Books by Jenn McKinlay

Author:Jenn McKinlay
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

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Lindsey hurried back to her office. The library was still open. Paula was manning the front desk while Ann Marie oversaw the reference area. They both glanced at Lindsey as she came dashing into the building.

“Silly me, forgot something,” she said.

Paula smiled and nodded, but Ann Marie gave Lindsey a speculative look. Having two young boys who were notorious mischief makers, Ann Marie had a sixth sense for malarkey. Lindsey didn’t linger for questioning but closed her office door and fired up her desktop.

She logged into the circulation module and then opened her phone to see the list of barcode numbers Emma had forwarded to her. Since each item in the library had its own barcode, this should be a simple matter of looking up the item by barcode and seeing who had it checked out. Then they would know who had left materials in Kayla Manning’s car. Of course, there was still the question of why their items were in her car, but that would have to wait until they had a name. The bigger concern was whether they had anything to do with the hit-and-run driver. Could they identify him? It was a big leap, but Lindsey was hopeful.

She yawned and glanced at the clock on the wall. It was seven o’clock, and the big meal she had just consumed was making her sleepy. She felt her head bob as the weight of sleep pulled it down while she waited for the circulation database to open. Her desktop computer was getting pretty old, and while the slowness usually didn’t bother her, right now she was feeling tired and impatient.

Coffee would help. Coffee always helped. She left her computer to continue its process and went to the break room to see whether there was any coffee in the community pot. There was but it was cold. Lindsey didn’t care. She didn’t care how old it was either. The only thing she cared about was that she could have some right now.

She found her I Like Big Books mug sitting rim-side down in the drying rack by the sink. She poured the remainder of the cold coffee in and popped it into the microwave. While she waited, she scrubbed out the coffee pot and left it to dry in the rack. Ann Marie had taped up a sign that read, Wash your own dishes. Your mom doesn’t work here. There were water spots on the sign and it had started to fade, but it was effective, as no dishes were ever left in the sink.

She was just leaving the break room with her reheated beverage when she heard an earsplitting squeal of tires coming from outside the library. Several patrons glanced toward the large windows that looked out onto the street, and Lindsey joined them. She saw a red muscle car, possibly a Camaro, roaring down the street.

She didn’t recognize the car and wondered whether a teen from a nearby town had gotten hold of their

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