A Rare Obsession

2026 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist

He thought he’d hit rock bottom—until he found a body.

Desperate for a job, drowning in debt, and heartbroken, newly graduated Ethan Poser takes a custodial position at the Carnegie Library. But when he chances upon the body of his predecessor in a nearby city park and is implicated in the murder, Ethan’s life takes a dangerous turn.

Associate librarian Anna Khole detects that the library’s rare book collection, worth millions, had been pilfered for years, and...