Dr Jennifer Palmer has suggested the following books as preparatory reading for her session at this year’s conference. Jennifer says that although some of the books are more obscure and difficult to obtain than others, she also refers to a number of books which are readily available in paperback or ebook form, including one title from the British Library Crime Classics series.

The Widening Stain by Morris Bishop

Dewey Death by Charity Blackstock

Death Walks in Marble Halls by Lawrence G. Blochman

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

Murder in a Library by Charles J. Dutton

Dewey Decimated by Charles A. Goodwin

Murder in the Stacks by Marion Boyd Havighurst

Operation Pax  by Michael Innes

Landscape with Dead Dons by Robert Robinson

Murder in the Museum by John Rowland

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers