Bradford Morrow — The Forgers

Mysterious Press 2014 Hardback, 242pp. From critically acclaimed novelist Bradford Morrow, called 'one of America's major literary voices' by Publishers Weekly, comes The Forgers, a richly told literary thriller about the dark side of the bibliophile community. A reclusive rare book collector, Adam Diehl, is found on the floor of his Montauk home: hands severed, surrounded by valuable inscribed books and original manuscripts that have been vandalized beyond repair. Adam's sister, Meghan, and her lover-a convicted if unrepentant literary forger-struggle to come to terms with the incomprehensible murder. But when the lover begins receiving threatening handwritten letters seemingly penned by long-dead authors, he understands his own life is on the line. Ex lib. (ISBN: 9780802123213). Very Good.