"A work of deadly fiction."
In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list—and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.
Lawson Russell

Clifford Dubose

Elizabeth Pope

Thurman Parks III

Prof. Arthur Corvus

Janine DeVrie

Judge Wiley Banning

Laura

Billy Ray Richardson

Thurman's Girl
James
Reporter

Norwood

Reporter

Bailiff
Agent Manning
Detective

Young Woman
Clerk
Reporter #2

Landlady

Neighbor
Tulane Campus Police Officer

New Orleans Police Officer
Con #1
Police Officer
Con #2
Salesman

New Orleans Desk Sergeant