"There was a ghastly murder in New York City - and Mark Twain's address was in the dead man's pocket. Even more alarming was that Twain had just received a message sent by an old friend from his riverboat days - and the handwriting matched the note found on the corpse." "So, with his new secretary, Wentworth Cabot, Twain caught a steamboat bound for New Orleans. Onboard were all manner of people - wealthy tourists and old river rats, literary amateurs and high-stakes gamblers...and a determined killer whose only goal was to bring Mark Twain's celebrated career to a dead stop ..."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved