Some writers never catch a break. Nicholas Burr is one of those writers. His only publications are as a ghostwriter for a dead man's children's series. His paychecks are slender, his life is in a rut and his marriage is beyond repair.
Nicholas decides to write a book no one can refuse, a "How to Kill Your Wife" story. Three days after he submits it to his publisher, his wife disappears.
Soon the police are involved. Did he really kill his wife to get his book into print? Would someone like Nicholas Burr go to such lengths, hoping that the payoff of a bestseller might just be worth the risk? Could such desperate times really lead to . . . Desperate Measures?
