Con Lehane

A Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery

1 - What Goes Around Comes Around (Feb-2005)
2 - Death at the Old Hotel (Jun-2007)

Raymond Ambler / A 42nd Street Library Mystery

1 - Murder at the 42nd Street Library (May-2016)
2 - Murder in the Manuscript Room (Nov-2017)
3 - Murder Off the Page (Nov-2019)
4 - Murder by Definition (Dec-2022)
5 - Murder at the College Library (Mar-2024)
6 - Murder in the Reading Room (Feb-2026)

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  What Goes Around Comes Around
  

  • Feb-2005
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  A Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery - 1
  

  What Goes Around Comes Around follows the adventures of Brian McNulty, the red-diaper-baby bartender who (abetted by his father and son) attempts to keep Manhattan's crime solved and cocktail glasses brimming. Filling in for a friend at the fancy Eas...

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  Death at the Old Hotel
  

  • Jun-2007
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  A Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery - 2
  

  Tensions are high and the dangers multiply as New York City bartender and man-about-the-mean-streets Brian McNulty---always a sucker for the plight of the little guy---joins forces with a motley crew of workers from the old Savoy Hotel. McNulty ha...

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  Murder at the 42nd Street Library
  

  • May-2016
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  Raymond Ambler / A 42nd Street Library Mystery - 1
  

  This first book in an irresistible new series introduces librarian and reluctant sleuth Raymond Ambler, a doggedly curious fellow who uncovers murderous secrets hidden behind the majestic marble façade of New York City’s landmark 42nd Street Libra...

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  Murder in the Manuscript Room
  

  • Nov-2017
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  Raymond Ambler / A 42nd Street Library Mystery - 2
  

  The second in Con Lehane's 42nd Street Library Mystery, MURDER IN THE MANUSCRIPT ROOM is a smart, compelling mystery in which the characters themselves are at least as interesting as the striking sleuthing. When a murder desecrates the somber, boo...

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  Murder Off the Page
  

  • Nov-2019
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  Raymond Ambler / A 42nd Street Library Mystery - 3
  

  The third book in an amazing series that features crime à la library at America's most famous institution of higher reading. A note from bartender Brian McNulty, Raymond Ambler’s friend, confidant, and sometimes adviser, sets the librarian sleuth...

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  Murder by Definition
  

  • Dec-2022
  • / Cozy Mystery

  Raymond Ambler / A 42nd Street Library Mystery - 4
  

  Crime-fiction librarian Ray Ambler gets more than he bargained for when he acquires the archives of a controversial hardboiled crime author in this contemporary twisty mystery set in New York City.Hardboiled crime writer Will Ford might be critically...

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  Murder at the College Library
  

  • Mar-2024
  • / Cozy Mystery

  Raymond Ambler / A 42nd Street Library Mystery - 5
  

  Crime-fiction librarian - and reluctant amateur sleuth - Ray Ambler gets mixed up in murder once again when he's called to appraise a mystery-novel collection at an exclusive New York college.An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to b...

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  The Red Scare Murders
  

  • Nov-2025
  • / General Fiction

  This wry, big-hearted noir brings 1950s New York to life, from the tenements of Hell’s Kitchen to the mansions of Riverdale, from Sing Sing to City Hall, with a gripping murder mystery laying bare the explosive conflicts between its big wheels, its...

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  Murder in the Reading Room
  

  • Feb-2026
  • / Cozy Mystery

  Raymond Ambler / A 42nd Street Library Mystery - 6
  

  New York crime-fiction librarian -- and reluctant amateur sleuth -- Ray Ambler investigates a puzzling murder that’s too close to home for comfort.Raymond Ambler, crime-fiction curator at New York City’s prestigious 42nd Street Library, doesn’t...

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