At the annual convention of the American Booksellers Association Convention, everything goes wrong. Julia Child's cooking demonstration in the Random House aisle blows up and catches fire. A top New York editor catches a pie in the face. Invitations ...
A California poetry publisher must clear his name when a shady business deal leads to a fiery death in this mystery by the author of The Poet’s Funeral. The phone rings in the middle of the night. Publisher Guy Mallon’s book warehouse has burned ...
Guy and Carol Mallon own a used bookstore on the north coast of California, a land of rocky shores and redwood forests, with a rich history of gold, lumber, Native Americans, and hardy entrepreneurs. They are content with their small-town life until ...