The Book Of Mirrors: A Novel

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An elegant pageturning thriller in the vein of Night Film and Crooked Letter Crooked Letter this tautly crafted novel is about stories the ones we tell the ones we keep hidden and the ones that well do anything to ensure they stay buriedWhen literary agent Peter Katz receives a partial book submission entitled The Book of Mirrors he is intrigued by its promise and original voice The author Richard Flynn has written a memoir about his time as an English student at Princeton in the late 1980s documenting his relationship with the protge of the famous Professor Joseph Wieder One night just before Christmas 1987 Wieder was brutally murdered in his home The case was never solved Now twentyfive years later Katz suspects that Richard Flynn is either using his book to confess to the murder or to finally reveal who committed the violent crimeBut the manuscript ends abruptlyand its author is dying in the hospital with the missing pages nowhere to be found Hellbent on getting to the bottom of the story Katz hires investigative journalist John Keller to research the murder and reconstruct the events for a true crime version of the memoir Keller tracks down several of the mysterious key players including retired police detective Roy Freeman one of the original investigators assigned to the murder case but he has just been diagnosed with earlyonset Alzheimers Inspired by John Kellers investigation he decides to try and solve the case once and for all before he starts losing control of his mind A trip to the Potosi Correctional Centre in Missouri several interviews and some ingenious police work finally lead him to a truth that has been buried for over two decadesor has itStylishly plotted elegantly written and packed with thrilling suspense until the final page The Book of Mirrors is a book within a book like youve never read before