ÒWake up, genius.Ó So announces deranged fan Morris Bellamy to iconic author John Rothstein, who once created the famous character Jimmy Gold and hasnÕt released anything since. Morris is livid, not just because his favorite writer has stopped publishing, but because Jimmy Gold ended up as a sellout. Morris kills his idol and empties his safe of cash, but the real haul is a collection of notebooks containing John RothsteinÕs unpublished work...including at least one more Jimmy Gold novel. Morris hides everything awayÑthe money and the manuscripts no one but Gold ever sawÑbefore being locked up for another horrific crime. But upon MorrisÕs release thirty-five years later, heÕs about to discover that teenager Pete Saubers has already found the stolen treasureÑand no one but former police detective Bill Hodges, along with his trusted associates Holly Gibney and Jerome Robinson, stands in the way of his vengeance...
