Madeleine d'Leon is a crime writer, increasingly obsessed with author Edward McGinnity, who is the protagonist in her new book. And Edward McGinnity is a novelist, perfectly smitten with mystery writer Madeleine d'Leon, the protagonist in his latest work of fiction. I was afraid this clever "who's real?" conceit for a work of literary crime fiction would be confusing… but in the agile storytelling hands of Sulari Gentill, this reality-blurring tale is simply and elegantly thrilling!