The Book of the Crime

In the sixteenth and final Henry Gamadge mystery, Elizabeth Daly delivers a suspenseful tale of a honeymoon gone wrong. Young bride Rena Austin flees her new husband and his oppressive, wealthy family, taking refuge in a New York brownstone. Terrified and convinced that an attempt was made on her life, she turns to Henry Gamadge for protection. Gamadge discovers that the key to the young woman's terror—and the motive for a potential murder—lies within a specific book she was reading. He must interpret the literary clue to expose a killer who is desperate to keep a dangerous secret buried.