Maggie and Harper's PI Grand Opening gets put on hold when Eliza's body was found in her bookstore, at the bottom of a spiral staircase she never used.
Police have ruled it an accident, but Maggie's instinct tells her there's more to this story.
With Detective Harper at her side and Biscuit, her devoted clue-sniffer on her heels, they dig into Eliza's life and uncover a hidden manuscript, a secret forgery business, and enough motives to fill a library.
Oliver, Eliza's assistant, has money problems and an alibi that doesn't check out. Theodore, a rival bookseller, holds a decades-long grudge over her store's prime location. Then, Vivian-a disgruntled author-writes a manuscript that reads suspiciously like our crime scene.
When evidence disappears and someone traps Maggie inside the burning bookstore, she knows she's onto a story worth killing for.
Someone's watching Maggie from the shadows, and she need to solve this cliffhanger fast-before someone writes her final chapter.