Alexander Short is a stylish young reference librarian. With his job in jeopardy and his marriage coming apart, Alexander meets the improbably named Henry James Jesson III, a book-lover who hires the librarian for some after-hours research. His task: to complete a cabinet of curiosities chronicling the life of a mysterious eighteenth-century inventor. As the investigation heats up, Alexander realizes there are many more secrets lurking in Jesson's cloistered world than those found inside his elegant Manhattan town house-
- ISBN10 0786885181
- ISBN13 9780786885183
- Publish Date 21 August 2002 (first published 8 August 2001)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Theia
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 368
- Language English