Maxwell's Demon

The son of a famous writer is caught in a cat-and-mouse game with his late father’s protégé in this “heady postmodern thriller” ( Publishers Weekly ). Thomas Quinn is having a hard time. A failed novelist, he’s stuck writing short stories and audio scripts for other people’s characters. His wife, Imogen, is working on a remote island halfway around the world, and talking to her over the webcam isn’t the same. The bills are piling up, the dirty dishes are stacking in the sink, and the whole world