Deadly Editions

Delaney Nichols runs The Cracked Spine, a bookshop in Edinburgh. On a hushed, snowy morning, a courier delivers a baffling note from Shelagh O'Conner, a well-known socialite who wants Delaney to join an invitation-only treasure hunt. Delaney is curious but wary, since Shelagh's wild exploits as a rich young woman in the 1970s are still talked about. Shelagh was once a suspect in the death of a former boyfriend, though she was eventually cleared.

The lure is a valuable first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The winner will also inherit the contents of Shelagh's large library, and every participant stands to collect a substantial amount of money. The night after the hunters first gather, several Edinburgh homes are burgled in a way that echoes Shelagh's old schemes.

Soon a man connected to Shelagh is dead, and suspicion starts to gather around her. Shelagh herself has vanished from her home, apparently taken by the criminal. As fear spreads across the city, Delaney tries to uncover the truth while staying out of the killer's reach, and she must decide whom she can trust.