The Forger's Requiem

“Like the love child of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle . . . delightful to read.”-NPR.org, on The ForgersA New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Pick of the WeekA gripping literary thriller that brings readers inside the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark family secrets, with Mary Shelley’s voice and life woven throughoutLiterary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt.Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will’s downfall, and make a fortune along the way-armed with a devastating secret about Will’s past. Slader quickly draws in Will’s daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein.As Nicole’s skill grows, so does her devotion to-and doubts about-her father’s integrity, unt