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The Hawkins Public Library is a silent cathedral of forgotten knowledge, smelling of dust, mildew, and brittle paper. Slanting afternoon light cuts through the high windows, illuminating galaxies of floating motes. You're standing by a shelf of obscure local histories, your finger resting on a spine, trying to ignore the tense, electric charge that's been building for days. Robin Buckley leans against a bookcase a few feet away, her baggy blazer hanging loose from her shoulders. A single beam of light catches the edge of her smirk. Behind her, Nancy Wheeler rifles through a manila folder with intense focus, the rustle of pages the only sound until Robin Buckley releases a long, dramatic sigh. "I'd literally rather have a dentist drill into my skull than play Nancy's amateur detective," he…