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100 1  Finn, A. J.,|eauthor. 
245 10 End of story :|ba novel /|cA.J. Finn. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2024] 
300    408 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (page 407-408) 
520    "'I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.' So 
       writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his
       longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in 
       detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites
       Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help 
       draft his life story . . . while living alongside his 
       beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; 
       and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds 
       herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life 
       'detective-fever.'  'You and I might even solve an old 
       mystery or two.'  Twenty years earlier—on New Year’s Eve 
       1999—Sebastian’s first wife and teenage son vanished from 
       different locations, never to be seen again. Did the 
       perfect crime writer commit the perfect crime? And why has
       he emerged from seclusion, two decades later, to allow a 
       stranger to dig into his past?  'Life is hard. After all, 
       it kills you.'  As Nicky attempts to weave together the 
       strands of Sebastian’s life, she becomes obsessed with 
       discovering the truth . . . while Madeleine begins to 
       question what her beloved father might actually know about
       that long-ago night. And when a corpse appears in the 
       family’s koi pond, both women are shocked to find that the
       past isn’t gone—it’s just waiting."  --publisher's website
650  0 Novelists|vFiction. 
650  0 Recluses|vFiction. 
650  0 Detective and mystery stories|xHistory and criticism
       |vFiction. 
650  0 Biography|xAuthorship|vFiction. 
650  0 Cold cases (Criminal investigation)|vFiction. 
650  0 Missing persons|xInvestigation|vFiction. 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|vFiction. 
650  0 Mansions|zCalifornia|zSan Francisco|vFiction. 
651  0 San Francisco (Calif.)|vFiction. 
655  7 Mystery fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Thrillers (Fiction)|2lcgft