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Linda Fairstein

Dear Librarians,

I'm delighted to introduce you to the first in a series of middle-grade mysteries featuring a 12 year-old sleuth named Devlin Quick. I credit both of my careers — as a crime novelist and as a prosecutor — to my childhood devotion to Nancy Drew adventures. This series is my tribute to books that inspired me to read, write, and solve capers like Nancy and her friends did.

Devlin's a city kid — her mother is New York's first woman police commissioner — with a lively spirit, a great sense of justice, and a love of books and libraries. She's hosting an exchange student from Argentina who witnesses the theft of a rare map from the great New York Public Library. Along with another buddy named Booker Dibble, Dev sets out to catch the thief.

I loved writing this caper, and hope you'll help me put INTO THE LION'S DEN in the hands of readers.

Thank you.
Linda Fairstein
www.LindaFairstein.com

"This likable gumshoe follows the trail from the library lions on 42nd Street to Brooklyn Public Library's Central Building, and readers will be happy to go right along with her." —Kirkus Reviews