<DIV><DIV>Adam Langer, the eponymous narrator of this deft and wide-ranging novel, tells the intertwining tales of two writers. Both find they have a surprising connection to J. D. Salinger, and both also come to learn that writing can have deadly serious consequences.</div><DIV> </div><DIV>Adam is a stay-at-home dad in Bloomington, Indiana, drawn into an uneasy friendship with the charismatic thriller writer Conner Joyce. Conner is having trouble writing his next book, and when a wealthy stranger offers him a huge sum to write a crime story that will remain sealed in a private collection, Conner quickly acquiesces. But events begin to spiral out of control, and Conner realizes he is just one of many authors to sign the stranger’s contract. In the end it is up to Adam to lift the veil on the whole scheme and rescue—or condemn—his friend.</div><DIV> </div><i>The Salinger Contract</i> is an addictive read with an immediately accessible, deliciously unreliable narrative voice. It is a novel of literary crimes and misdemeanors that will delight readers with the grand-scale mystery at its heart. <br></div>