Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams

Wow. When I requested this book from NetGalley, I thought it was from one of Adams' other series. So when the book opened in the middle of a car chase with characters I didn't remember, I was lost. Even when I finally figured out what was going on, I was still sort of lost.
Jane Stewart is battling the Templars in a race to uncover the Hemingway manuscript that was lost in 1922 (this is the second book I've read this year with this conceit). In fact, her number one enemy has kidnapped hehr boyfriend and is holding him at the Biltmore manor. After the guy kidnapped her kids in a previous book, she's (rightly) pretty pissed. She's just about to figure out what's going on from a gardener when said gardener turns up dead in the library with a book in his lap. And even more revelations are coming Jane's way.
This book is not to be read without reading other books in the series. I have a feeling that the crazy pants aspects of it may build up more slowly and therefore be easier to take. As a first time reader, this was a bad place to start and made it not as enjoyable as I usually find Adams' books.

Two and a half stars
This book came out April 30
ARC kindly provided by publisher and NetGalley
Opinions are my own