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Author · Storyteller
Ben Ainsworth
@benainsworth
Mystery writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Ben Ainsworth writes mystery and cozy mystery. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
A story only works when somebody has something to lose.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Ben Ainsworth
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First draft
The Last Borrower
When a quiet coastal library in Aberystwyth starts receiving overdue books from people who never checked them out, assistant librarian Cerys Vale assumes it is a clerical oddity. Then one of the returned books is found with a pressed sea thrift inside it, and its previous owner vanishes after a stormy evening in the reading room. Cerys has to untangle a small-town web of old grudges, missing records and inconvenient truths before the library becomes known for more than late fees.
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