Arthur Vance has $2.14 in the bank, a drawer full of rejection letters, and nowhere left to fall.Then, in a dive bar at closing time, an elegant stranger named Julian Thorne picks up his tab and slides a manuscript across the table. It is brilliant. It is flawless. And Julian wants Arthur to sign his own name to it.Overnight, Arthur becomes the most celebrated new voice in crime fiction.Then the murders in his book start happening in real life, word for word.