All Is Vanity

Bentley Jones is the gifted managing editor of the University

Press in Los Angeles. When he is found murdered, Lazlo Boyd,

the Campus Police Chief, is ordered by the University President

to quickly solve the crime. Lazlo and his two lieutenants, Javier

Lopez and Julia Kim, are soon faced with many suspects, for

Bentley had made many enemies among those University professors

whose books he had edited. Lazlo uses all of the resources

of the Universitys many departments to pursue the investigation.

Soon however he uncovers a plot so vast that it threatens

the very existence of the University Press. But he must move

quickly before the plot can be executed.

A supplementary readers guide includes explanations and references

supporting the actual facts and research on which the

novel is based.