Shred of Evidence

The offender’s name was Robert MacMillan, and he lived on the far side of town. His file listed 15 books outstanding, mostly about ways to make money. Also included were two snapshots of paintings; they hurt my eyes, but what do I know about modern art? In all, the loaned items totalled well over £700, and that didn’t include the fines. The Library certainly hadn’t made any money out of MacMillan.

Anything the Library lends can go missing—not just books, but CDs, tapes, even paintings… You’ll always get some people who think ‘borrow’ means ‘keep’. I track down the persistent offenders, recover the Library’s property, and collect the outstanding fines. They call me a ‘Book Recovery Officer’.

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I have had a couple of crime stories published, the most recent in HandHeldCrime. My other fiction is mostly speculative fiction and has appeared in MZB’s Fantasy Magazine, Fables, The Eternal Night, Ideomancer Unbound, and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine among others.