Florianne Vidal Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Keď spisovateľa Owena Quinea vyhlásia za nezvestného, jeho manželka sa obráti na súkromného detektíva Cormorana Strikea. Najskôr si myslí, že sa len na niekoľko dní vytratil, aby mohol byť osamote – ako to už v minulosti urobil – a tak od detektíva chce len, aby ho našiel a priviedol domov. Počas Strikeovho vyšetrovania sa však zistí, že v prípade ide o viac ako si Quineova manželka myslí. Nadaný autor práve dokončil „jedovatý“ rukopis knihy, ktorej vydanie by mohlo mnohým ľuďom skomplikovať alebo dokonca zničiť život. A je tak množstvo podozrivých, ktorí by mali dôvod spisovateľa umlčať...

Steve Martini crafts a gripping narrative that resonates with contemporary anxieties and future headlines. Jocelyn "Joss" Cole, a weary public defender from Los Angeles, seeks solace in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Her only notable case involves a group of commercial fishermen afflicted by a mysterious illness that defies medical explanation, which Joss suspects is linked to industrial activities. Suddenly, Dean Belden, a wealthy entrepreneur, approaches her for legal assistance in establishing a business in the islands. Shortly after, Belden is summoned before a federal grand jury. Tragically, he dies in a catastrophic float plane explosion on Seattle's Lake Union just after his testimony, leaving Joss in the dark about the grand jury proceedings. Meanwhile, Gideon Van Ry, a nuclear fission expert at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California, grapples with the unsettling disappearance of two tactical nuclear devices from a former Soviet storage facility. These weapons were last known to be packed for shipment to Belden Electronics, a company Gideon cannot trace. His only lead points to Joss Cole, the attorney who incorporated the elusive firm, intertwining their fates in a web of intrigue and danger.