Library staff closes the book on missing money mystery after patron leaves $1,200 in novel she returned
Book stackers at a Staten Island library found themselves in the middle of a mystery worthy of a best-selling novel. Librarian Sydel Vergara was putting books away at the Mariners Harbor branch earlier this month when she noticed a thick envelope stuck between the pages of an obscure page turner. She looked inside the unsealed envelope and found more than $1,200 in cash. The city’s public ...