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Large Print

Name: Large Print
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Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Winnie Lark

by Winnie Lark · published via Smithbook

A man who reads only large print books leaves one behind with a note written in very small letters.

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Mr. Delmar Nygaard has borrowed only large print books from the Lake Street branch for eleven years, because his eyes are bad. So why is there a note in tiny, careful handwriting inside the large print Agatha Christie he returned on Monday? Dot Engquist starts to wonder how much Delmar can really see, and who he has been watching from his window across from the bank. A short, sly Lake Street Library mystery.

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The note was folded into eighths and tucked into chapter nine of a large print copy of A Murder Is Announced. Dot found it on Tuesday while checking returns for bookmarks, which people left in books with alarming regularity: bank statements, postcards from Florida, once a winning lottery ticket that turned out to be worth four dollars. This note said, in handwriting so small she needed her reading glasses and then a magnifying glass: Blue car. Tuesdays and Fridays. 2:15. Always the side door.

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Title: Large Print
Author: Winnie Lark
Format: Digital · browser reader
Language: English
Category: Mystery & Investigation
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Publisher: Independent · via Smithbook

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★★★★☆ · del•••@readers.staging.smithbook.test9/30/2026

Short and clever

A perfect little puzzle for one evening. The final twist about the glasses is great.

★★★★★ · owe•••@readers.staging.smithbook.test9/30/2026

Delmar is a character

I want him in every book from now on.

About the author

Winnie Lark

I spent thirty-eight years behind the reference desk of a branch library in St. Paul, and I can tell you that people will confess things to a librarian they would never tell a priest. They want a book on divorce, or poisons, or how long a body stays frozen in a lake, and they always say it is for a friend. My sleuth, Dot Engquist, is a retired reference librarian who still cannot walk past a misfiled book. I write on the couch by the front window, with a cup of coffee going cold and my husband Arne asking what is for supper. The answer is usually hotdish.

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