About the Book: The Mystery of the Crooked Manby Tom Spencer introduces Agatha Dorn, a sharp-tongued archivist and gin enthusiast, who stumbles upon a lost mystery novel from the Golden Age of detective fiction. Her brief moment of literary fame is shattered when the book is revealed as a hoax. The situation worsens when her ex-lover is found dead, a scrap of the manuscript beside him. Ostracized and determined, Agatha embarks on her own investigation to uncover the truth behind the murder and the fraudulent manuscript. But can she stay sober long enough to catch the killer?