When editor Susan Ryeland receives Alan Conway’s latest manuscript, she expects another classic mystery featuring his famous detective, Atticus Pünd. But as she dives into the murder at Pye Hall, something feels off. The familiar dead bodies and suspects are there, yet the deeper she reads, the more she suspects there’s another story lurking behind the fiction—one of real-life danger.
Susan’s job depends on navigating Conway’s erratic behavior, but this time, his book may hold more than a mystery on the page. As secrets unravel, she begins to see disturbing connections between the novel and reality, leading her down a path far more dangerous than any cozy English village crime.
Can Susan solve the puzzle hidden in the manuscript before it’s too late? Or is she the next victim in a real-life plot?
