Back cover:

"It is not until after former literary prodigy E. Robert Pendleton's failed suicide attempt that this brilliant novel, Scream, is discovered in his basement. With a gruesome real-life unsolved murder at its core, the novel's publication causes a storm of publicity, pulling a young graduate student and a rival author into the media frenzy. Soon questions begin to be asked: How did Pendleton know the case so well? And why did he bury Scream in his basement? Pendleton can't respond; his suicide attempt has left him all but comatose. Enter Jon Ryder, a detective with scandals in his own past, and the hunt for the murderer is on."

A different kind of a murder mystery, or detective novel. Maybe it is "just" a novel of a puzzle of who did what. The story line moves around in academic literary world so there were bits and pieces I necessarily didn't catch.

Decent read. No regrets :)

Happy reading!

Thanks!