BAD BOOK AFFAIR

THE BAD BOOK AFFAIR FEATURES THE MAGNIFICENTLY HAPLESS ISRAEL ARMSTRONG -- THE DUFFLE-COAT WEARING, NAVEL-GAZING JEWISH LIBRARIAN WHO SOLVES CRIMES, MYSTERIES, AND DOMESTIC PROBLEMS WHILST DRIVING A MOBILE LIBRARY AROUND THE NORTH COAST OF IRELAND. IN THE BAD BOOK AFFAIR ISRAEL FINDS HIMSELF ON THE VERGE OF HIS THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY AND ON THE TRAIL OF A TROUBLED MISSING TEENAGER, THE DAUGHTER OF A LOCAL POLITICIAN. WHY HAS THE YOUNG WOMAN DISAPPEARED? DOES IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ISRAEL'S LENDING HER A CLOCKWORK ORANGE AND LADY CHATTERLY'S LOVER FROM THE LIBRARY'S SPECIAL 'UNSHELVED' CATEGORY? WILL THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FATHER RUN ISRAEL OUT OF TOWN? HOW WILL ISRAEL RECOVER FROM HIS OWN BREAK-UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, GLORIA? AND HOW EXACTLY DOES A JEWISH VEGETARIAN CELEBRATE HIS THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY IN TUMDRUM? WITH A BACON SCONE? AND WILL ISRAEL AND HIS IRASCIBLE COMPANION TED EVER AGREE ABOUT ANYTHING?