"Una banda de ladrones consigue robar algo que, pese a no tener precio, est̀ asegurado en veinticinco millones de d̤lares: los cinco manuscritos originales de las novelas de Francis Scott Fitzgerald, que hasta hac̕a poco yac̕an en una c̀mara acorazada bajo la biblioteca de la Universidad de Princeton. Un bot̕n imposible de resistir. Bruce Cable regenta una prestigiosa librer̕a en la ciudad de verano de Santa Rosa, en Camino Island. No obstante, muy pocos saben que su auťntico negocio a menudo lo lleva a adentrarse en el peligroso, pero tremendamente lucrativo, mercado negro de los libros y manuscritos robados. Mercer Mann, una joven y endeudada escritora que sol̕a pasar sus veranos en la id̕lica playa de Camino Island, recibe una propuesta que no puede rechazar. Volver̀ a la paz de la isla para escribir su novela y, entretanto, se acercar̀ al c̕rculo de escritores de cierto librero de dudosa reputaci̤n... y a su interesante colecci̤n de manuscritos. Sin embargo, Mercer se pondr̀ en peligro al descubrir m̀s de lo necesario." -- page 4 of cover "A gang of thieves manages to steal something that, despite being priceless, is insured for twenty-five million dollars: the five original manuscripts of the novels by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, which until recently lay in a vault under the library of the Princeton University. Loot impossible to resist. Bruce Cable runs a prestigious bookstore in the summer town of Santa Rosa, on Camino Island. Few know, however, that his true business often leads him into the perilous, but Tremendously lucrative, black market for stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann, a young and indebted writer who used to spend her summers on the idyllic beach of Camino Island, receives a proposal she cannot refuse. She will return to the peace of the island to write his novel, and in the meantime, he will approach the circle of writers of a certain dubious bookseller ... and his interesting collection of manuscripts. danger in discovering more than is necessary. " - page 4 of cover
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