There's More to Your Local Librarian than Meets the Eye... (Review of The Librarians)

Some jobs just lend themselves to stereotypes. Take librarians. Say the word, and almost everyone envisions something . For most people, that probably looks like an older female—matronly, with grey hair, a cardigan over her buttoned-up dress, high-Rx glasses, sensible shoes, and a stern expression. (Lots of “shushing” with this one.) The rest go straight into fantasyland, with the “Sexy Librarian” trope—beautiful younger woman, long hair in a messy bun, buxom chest straining at the buttons of her shirt, snug pencil skirt, not-really-necessary glasses, and impractical high heels. (The secret dominatrix just waiting to get her freak on.) So it’s like a breath of fresh air, that Sherry Thomas offers up not one, but four , stereotype-busting librarians in her latest mystery novel, The Librarians ... and tosses in a murder or two for them to solve, as well. A cozy, suburban branch of the Austin, Texas public library system....