Eight Perfect Murders

A few years ago, detective fiction aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre's most puzzling crimes—those that are nearly impossible to solve. He called it the "Eight Perfect Murders." But the biggest surprise came to Mel, now the owner of the Old Devils bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent showed up on his doorstep one snowy day. She's investigating a series of unsolved murders that bear an eerie resemblance to the crimes on the old list. And it seems she's not the only one interested in the bookseller who spends his evenings alone with a book in his hands. It seems that a killer is also following Mel—one who knows a dangerous amount about him, even the darkest secrets hidden from everyone. To save himself, Mel begins to look for suspects himself... and sees a killer in each one. Suddenly, new victims appear - and the noose around the bookseller's neck tightens so tightly that it may be too late to escape.