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Clay Blackburn has two jobs. Most of the time hes a book scout in Berkeley. Some of the time hes... not quite a private detective. He doesnt have a license, he doesnt have a gun, he doesnt have a business cardbut people come to him for help and in helping them he comes across more than his fair share of trouble.

And all the time hes a poet. When fellow poet and old flame Peggy Denby asks him to help clear up some details about her husbands death, details that include lots of missing money and rare Etruscan artifacts, hes willing to oblige her. After shes murdered, he keeps lookingand comes across a good-looking banker, Peggys hostile stepson, her strangely attractive stepdaughter, and more than a few Berkeley crazies. [via]