The rare book world is stunned when a reclusive collector, Adam Diehl, is found dead on the floor of his home, surrounded by valuable inscribed books and original manuscripts, vandalized beyond repair. Adam's sister, Meghan, and her lover, Will, a convicted but unrepentant literary forger, struggle to come to terms with the incomprehensible murder. But when Will begins receiving threatening letters from someone who knows secrets about Adam's death and Will's past, he knows he's in danger, now.