The Missing Manuscript
(2025)(The second book in the Sylvia Quille Mystery series)
A Story by Maisy Marple and Tabitha Thompson
Some people will do anything to control the narrative — even murder…
When mystery novels come to life, bestselling author Sylvia Quill is on the case!
The annual Briarwood Cove Literary Festival should have been a celebration of books and authors in the picturesque seaside town Sylvia Quill now calls home. But when famous thriller writer Daphne St. James reports her explosive manuscript exposing publishing industry fraud has been stolen from her hotel room, the festival takes a sinister turn.
At first, Detective Owen Graves dismisses it as a publicity stunt—until festival organizer Linda Fairchild is found unconscious in the library, attacked by an unknown assailant. Now Sylvia's detective instincts are on high alert. Could Linda's attack be connected to the missing manuscript? And why is ghostwriter Maxine Harper acting so terrified whenever publishing mogul Richard Caldwell and his assistant appear?
With her tech-savvy nephew Leo and café owner Mari by her side, Sylvia uncovers a web of deceit stretching from stolen manuscripts to manipulated contracts and silenced authors. Someone in the literary world has deadly secrets to protect—and they'll stop at nothing to keep them buried.
As another break-in at the library brings danger directly to Sylvia's doorstep, she must use all her mystery-writing expertise to identify the culprit before the final chapter closes on another victim.
In this charming coastal mystery, the line between fiction and reality blurs as Sylvia discovers that in the cutthroat world of publishing, some people will do anything to control the narrative—even murder.
Genre: Mystery
When mystery novels come to life, bestselling author Sylvia Quill is on the case!
The annual Briarwood Cove Literary Festival should have been a celebration of books and authors in the picturesque seaside town Sylvia Quill now calls home. But when famous thriller writer Daphne St. James reports her explosive manuscript exposing publishing industry fraud has been stolen from her hotel room, the festival takes a sinister turn.
At first, Detective Owen Graves dismisses it as a publicity stunt—until festival organizer Linda Fairchild is found unconscious in the library, attacked by an unknown assailant. Now Sylvia's detective instincts are on high alert. Could Linda's attack be connected to the missing manuscript? And why is ghostwriter Maxine Harper acting so terrified whenever publishing mogul Richard Caldwell and his assistant appear?
With her tech-savvy nephew Leo and café owner Mari by her side, Sylvia uncovers a web of deceit stretching from stolen manuscripts to manipulated contracts and silenced authors. Someone in the literary world has deadly secrets to protect—and they'll stop at nothing to keep them buried.
As another break-in at the library brings danger directly to Sylvia's doorstep, she must use all her mystery-writing expertise to identify the culprit before the final chapter closes on another victim.
In this charming coastal mystery, the line between fiction and reality blurs as Sylvia discovers that in the cutthroat world of publishing, some people will do anything to control the narrative—even murder.
Genre: Mystery
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