In which Hannah Duffy and Chryseis Kent encounter a disturbance in the Rylands Library, Manchester.  With a small shoutout to .

The story continues with Chapter 2!

Hannah Duffy is the OC of the talented , and Chryseis Kent is the OC of the estimable .  This story was composed for the latter's Librarian Perils Contest.  Both OCs used with permission.

Those wishing to learn more about Hannah Duffy and see stunning pictures of her can refer to her Introduction by Torqual, the many stories featuring her in his Summer Sleuths anthology, and almost anything in my gallery Those wishing to learn more about Chryseis Kent and see HER pictures should start with her Bio and the other scads of material on amazonarrow's page.

Image credit to Mike Peel, via Wikipedia.