Confidential

I just finished Dark Mirror: A Brock and Kolla Mystery by Barry Maitland. I haven't read any other books in the series, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. It takes place in modern times, but has an old-fashioned feel to it, complete with arsenic laced lunches. The main characters are students and Professors, and so much of the action takes place in reading rooms of the major London libraries (yes, action at the library). So far so good, but my one major complaint is that the librarians in this book are always bending over backwards to give out information about borrower records--what books they checked out or looked at, and for how long. Around these parts that is CONFIDENTIAL information! We would never dream of telling someone who checked a book out before them, or what books your neighbor has out, etc. I mean think about it, do you really want anyone knowing that you checked out a book about foot fungus or about how to fix your crumbling marriage? I think not. I tried to ignore these parts, and just enjoy a good mystery.