Morris Bellamy is a fan of author John Rothstein and his beloved character Jimmy Gold, but livid that Rothstein hasn't published in decades and now has sold the character rights to Jimmy Gold to an advertising firm, Bellamy kills Rothstein, robs him, and finds notebooks containing the notes for another Jimmy Gold novel in the process. He is sent to jail for another crime, however, and the notebooks remain hidden for decades until they are found by...

Al detective retirado Hodges, que dirige una agencia de investigacion privada con Holly, le diagnostican un cancer de pancreas: le quedan meses de vida. En ese momento Hodges investiga una serie de suicidios recientes con un punto en comun: todos los fallecidos tuvieron relacion con Brady Hartsfield, el tristemente famoso Mercedes, que hace anos planeo volar una sala de conciertos de rock llena de adolescentes. Hodges y Holly dejaron al asesino en...