Whispers in the Reading Room is book 3 in the The Chicago World's Fair Mystery series by Shelley Gray. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and could not put it down. I was intrigued by the pairing of two opposite people. Sebastian was a wealthy man who made his living running a gambling establishment. He was ashamed of his background being the illegitimate son of a prostitute. Lydia is a librarian whose family has fallen on hard times. Her family had once been well off and now she struggles to make ends meet. Her spoiled mother wants to marry her off to someone not worthy of her so she can continue to live the lifestyle she once enjoyed. So these two people are totally different but they share a love of books and that is what brings them together. I could not put this book down because I wanted to see how this relationship was going to pan out. There are some secondary characters that I enjoyed as much as the main characters. These were the two employees of Sebastian Marks.
There is a murder midway in the book but there really isn't that much of a mystery in the book. If you are buying this book because you think it will be a great suspense book you will be disappointed. It was a great book but suspenseful it was not. The mystery played a minor role in the story.
I was pleased with the ending of this book and did not want it to end. I was given an e-copy of this book to read compliments of Netgalley and Zondervan.
