Can you imagine the most cantankerous book editor alive? Mr. Burns meets Stalin, but worse (appearance and odor-wise) than a gluttonous farm pig? A man who makes no secret of his love of cheese or his disdain of unworthy authors? That man is Herman Mildew. The anthology opens with an invitation to a party, care of this insufferable monster, where over eighty of the most talented, bestselling, and recognizable names in children's and YA fiction learn that they are suspects in his murder. All must provide alibis in brief first-person entries. The problem is that all of them are liars; all of them are fabulists; and all have something to hide. The twist the reader never sees coming? After reading over 80 warped, terrible, and hilarious contributions? Herman Midlew faked his own death at the expense of all the authors. The grouch is still alive. The perfect crime! And all to benefit 826nyc, the literacy non-profit.