Swann dives in

Description:

The case starts simply, with a call to find a burglary suspect who's gone on the lam. But the twists and turns take Swann right to the dizzying top of America's Ivory towers. Swann is soon on the trail of a wealthy lawyer's rebellious daughter, who's disappeared along with her disreputable boyfriend. Finding the beau--an intellectual and amoral trickster--leads him into the dangerous midst of cut-throat academics, sexy librarians, and killer book collectors, with a priceless first editin of Tender is the Night the surprising prize along the way.

subjects: Private investigators,  Fiction,  detectives,  noir,  literary fiction,  rare books,  academia,  professors.

Places: New York City,  Boston,  Syracuse,  London.

Times: 2001