The Bookman’s Tale
Author: Charlie Lovett
“What about the most valuable relic in the history of English literature—would that be worth killing for?”Hay-on-Wye, 1995. Peter Byerly isn’t sure what drew him into this particular bookshop. Nine months earlier, the death of his beloved wife, Amanda, had left him shattered. The young antiquarian bookseller relocated from North Carolina to the English countryside, hoping….Read More
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