β Scribed by Batten, Jack
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Mystery-solving criminal lawyer Crang returns to investigate the disappearance of two rare books.
Fletcher Marshall is a Toronto antiquarian book dealer, internationallyrespected in the business. One night, someone blows the safe in his officeand makes off with the contents, which include an infamous forged firstedition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguesethat is in itself a collector's item. Fletcher, who was still in the processof verifying the book, doesn't even know whether it was the real thingor a clever forgery (of a forgery). But rather than summon the cops toinvestigate the theft, he turns to his pal Crang, the nervy criminal lawyer,hoping he can retrieve the books before their owner gets wind of thecrime. The owner happens to be the richest woman in Canada and a toughcookie who could ruin Fletcher's career.
Crang gets on the hunt, learning much about the trade in mustybooks and the lucrative business it makes for...
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