Years ago\, bookseller and mystery aficion ado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre&rsquo\;s most unsolvable murders\, those that are almost impossible to crack&mdash\;which he titled &ldquo\;Eight Perfect Murders&rdquo\;&mdash\;chosen from among the best o f the best including Agatha Christie&rsquo\;s \;A. B. C. Murders\, Pat ricia Highsmith&rsquo\;s \;Strangers on a Train\, Ira Levin&rsquo\;s&n bsp\;Deathtrap\, A. A. Milne's \;The \;Red House Mystery\, Anthony Berkeley Cox's \;Malice Aforethought\, James M. Cain's \;Double I ndemnity\, John D. MacDonald's \;The Drowner\, and Donna Tartt's \ ;The \;Secret History.
\nBut no one is more surprised than Mal\, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston\, when an FBI agent c omes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She&rsquo\;s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily simila r to the killings on Mal&rsquo\;s old list. And the FBI agent isn&rsquo\;t the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. The killer is out there\, watching his every move&mdash\; a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal&rsquo\;s personal his tory\, especially the secrets he&rsquo\;s never told anyone\, even his rec ently deceased wife.
\nTo protect himself\, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn&rsquo\;t count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly\, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead&mdas h\;and the noose around Mal&rsquo\;s neck grows so tight he might never es cape.
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