Details about Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman
Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman ePub PDF free download – The sound of angry voices cut through the sleepy morning quiet. There were never raised voices on dignified, out-of-theway Half Moon Street, and certainly never from Lily Adler’s own terrace. Her butler, Carstairs, was conscious of his youth spent as a boxer and prided himself on his decorum. But as she drew closer to her home, she could see him standing on the front steps, facing another man in a dark suit and gesturing broadly, his voice just barely controlled enough not to be a shout. Lily was so surprised that her steps slowed to a halt.
“Is … are those fellows carrying luggage into your house?” her companion asked, stopping beside her and frowning in confusion. “Of course not, Captain, that would be …” Lily trailed off, watching as two postboys finished unloading the pile of trunks and cases from a carriage and began hauling them one by one inside her home, pushing past the two arguing men with the dogged determination of those who intended to finish their task, collect their pay, and depart as quickly as possible. For a moment Lily panicked. The house on Half Moon Street was let to her for the indefinite future, and it had finally begun to feel like home. She had nowhere else to go. If she was forced to leave …