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File for Record

by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Haymaker's is the best and oldest department store in Dalton, an unlikely place for Leonidas Witherall to be knocked unconcious when he goes to retrieve his umbrella at the Lost and Found. Awakening later in a wagon loaded with French bread, he makes his way toward the comforts of home and bath. Called out later to assist in a blackout, he returns to find in his study the body of Mr. Haymaker himself, the hilt of a samurai sword protruding from his chest. Witherall is cast in the dual role of detective and chief suspect as he embarks on one of his most harrowing--and hilarious--adventures.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?