Private investigator Ben Ames is supposed to be on vacation. He's followed his rock star boyfriend, Jesse, to the Edmonton Folk Festival, where Jess is doing an acoustic set with friends and having a boozy sulk about his changing image. Neither is there to solve a crime, but they're offered a case anyway, when the festival headliner hires them to help his author friend Charlie. Charlie's latest manuscript is missing. A normal guy would have backups, but Charlie's an internet-hating conspiracy theorist who saved his work to a laptop flash drive, and now the drive and the computer are gone. Ben thinks the case is impossible, but Jess could use a distraction, so they pay a visit to Charlie's river valley home--where Charlie tells them he knows who took the book, he's not telling, and a detective can't help. Good day. They're still in Edmonton, enjoying a lazy summer day, when word comes that Charlie's been murdered. Back on the case and without suspects or a motive, Ben knows the answers are in that missing book. He just needs to do the impossible and find it....
Private investigator Ben Ames is supposed to be on vacation. He's followed his rock star boyfriend, Jesse, to the Edmonton Folk Festival, where Jess is doing an acoustic set with friends and having a boozy sulk about his changing image. Neither is there to solve a crime, but they're offered a case anyway, when the festival headliner hires them to help his author friend Charlie. Charlie's latest manuscript is missing. A normal guy would have backups, but Charlie's an internet-hating conspiracy theorist who saved his work to a laptop flash drive, and now the drive and the computer are gone. Ben thinks the case is impossible, but Jess could use a distraction, so they pay a visit to Charlie's river valley home--where Charlie tells them he knows who took the book, he's not telling, and a detective can't help. Good day. They're still in Edmonton, enjoying a lazy summer day, when word comes that Charlie's been murdered. Back on the case and without suspects or a motive, Ben knows the answers are in that missing book. He just needs to do the impossible and find it....
Barnes & Noble is the world’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. Our Nook Digital business offers a lineup of NOOK® tablets and e-Readers and an expansive collection of digital reading content through the NOOK Store®. Barnes & Noble’s mission is to operate the best omni-channel specialty retail business in America, helping both our customers and booksellers reach their aspirations, while being a credit to the communities we serve.
