Once on the fast track to success, Helen Hawthorne is going nowhere faster. Forced to trade in her chic life for a shabby one, she’s now on the run, jumping from city to city and dead-end job to dead-end job, trying to stay one step ahead of her past…

Helen has a new job “off the books” at Page Turners bookstore in Fort Lauderdale. It’s run by Page Turner III, who happens to be neither well-read nor well-liked. When his money troubles surface, it seems the store’s long life may be over—but it’s Page’s life that’s cut short instead. He had plenty of enemies, including an unhappy wife and unfortunate employees. But it is his unforgiving lover— Helen’s wacky neighbor—police are ready to throw the book at. To save her friend, Helen will have to read between the lines…and uncover the truth about a clever killer.