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In the hands of Linda Fairstein, the New York Times bestselling author of Killer Heat, the rarefied world of antique books has never been more mysteriousand deadly. When ADA Alexandra Cooper is called to Tina Barrs apartment on Manhattans Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the killer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors. When Alex ties their family rivalries to a priceless edition of Alice in Wonderland, which also contains the worlds oldest map, she wonders if one of the Hunts would be willing to kill for the treasures. The search for the answer takes Alex and her team on a breathtaking chase from Manhattans grandest apartments to the secret tunnels and chambers of the New York Public Library, on a complex trail of clues that will have you guessing until the final pages.
