"A canny, double-layered literary puzzle...boasting tantalizing narrative twists." The Boston Globe "C.B. Everett is a master of fiendishly-plotted, intelligent mysteries." Mark Edwards, internationally bestselling author of The Wasp Trap A missing bestselling author. A final manuscript encoded with clues to his fate. And a best friend racing to get to the final chapter... From the author of the blackly funny (John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author) The Other People, a gripping book-within-a-book thriller that is perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Janice Hallett. Ten years ago, a bestselling, critically acclaimed literary author disappeared without a traceand without a final novel. In recent days, that missing manuscript has surfaced, but strangely enough, its not another genius work of literary fiction, but an espionage novel full of all-too-stereotypical spycraft and James Bond-like twists. His former publisher has asked the authors best friendand fellow author named C.B. Everettto annotate the novel with details from real life to give the strange novel context within his larger oeuvre. But as C.B. reads, he finds the espionage thriller is filled with references to events and people who feel a little too familiar, and soon hes wondering if the novel might in fact be a key to his missing friends disappearance. Theres text and subtext aplenty, and C.B. is determined to learn once and for all what happened to his friend through solving the mystery woven into the pages. But the final chapter may hold secrets darker and more threatening than anyone anticipated. An unputdownable, twisty thriller, The Final Chapter asks us: how well do we really know our closest friends? And how well do we know ourselves?
