A killer hides in the fine print…
The night before bestselling author Marius Vale collapses mid-reading at Bottled Clues, a bottle slips through Marina Ellis’s mail slot with one word inside: DEDICATION.
When the event turns tragic, the ex–forensic linguist and bookstore owner follows a breadcrumb trail buried in books, schedules, and small-town grudges.
With steady Eddie, capable Nate, and goldie Gulliver, Marina sorts rivals from friends to learn who rewrote the evening.