Interlibrary Loan

E.A. Smithe is a reclone, imbued with the personality and memories of a dead mystery writer. Available to borrow from libraries, Smithe is sent off to the library branch of Polly’s Cove, along with reclones Millie Baumgartner, a renowned cookbook author, and Rose Romain, a romance novelist. When the three arrive at Polly’s Cove Public Library, Smithe is borrowed by a young girl who hopes to bring her mother back into reality, a dead father who may have been dabbling in strange dealings with Millie and Rose, and another E.A. Smithe, who turns up dead. Nothing a mystery writer cannot solve—maybe. A winding tale, essentially Smithe’s train of thought as he writes the adventure in retrospect, with an abrupt ending that will have readers going back looking for details they missed the first time around.