A rare first edition book goes missing from a bookshop during remodeling, and a retired English teacher is murdered shortly after. The police are uncooperative, so the bookstore's amateur detectives take on the case, starting with a lacquered box left by the victim for his illegitimate daughter.
Mystery Woman
A rare first edition from a pioneer author vanishes in a mystery novel shop during renovations, while the local contractor, still grieving the loss of his Vietnam veteran father, is in charge of the project.