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Print Even Hercule Poirot might be stumped by the death of Normal Heights’ most fabled book store. Like an Agatha Christie mystery, there’s no shortage of suspects. Was the culprit Amazon? Fading interest in the printed word? Or was the Adams Avenue Book Store’s fate sealed by the disappearance of a shadowy figure, the book scout? Advertisement “Assigning blame is a tough game,” said Brian Lucas, 70, the store’s owner, citing rising costs and falling revenues. “It’s not lining up any more.” Who killed Adams Avenue’s iconic book store? One suspect: the vanishing book scout From coast to coast, established vendors of used collectible volumes have died. The casualties included some prominent names: Gotham Book Mart in Manhattan, Dutton’s in Los Angeles, Shakespeare & Co. in Berkeley. Downtown San Diego once boasted seven or eight shops, led by Wahrenbrock’s Book House on Broadway. Today, they’re all gone.

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