In the publishing world, authors are only as good as their last novel and depend on this for their notoriety and success. Jacob Finch Bonner has written two books with his last book as being unmemorable. In order to supplement his income, he mentors master's in creative writing seminars to help writers develop and progress their talent. During one of his seminars, he meets a writer and is immediately floored by the level of talent and the originality of the author's premise for the writing that they are working on. Through the years, Jacob thinks about this author and one day discovers that the book was never written. All of the book is written by Jacob, however someone knows the truth of where the concept of the book came from and Jacob wants to know who it is. I liked that this book tied in the original writing and what is happening to Jacob at the same time. The mystery elements and the concept of the book intermesh to form the book. There were times where I struggled to follow where the correlation was, however this did not take from the writing. I wish the ending would have not been a little more drawn out because the point that he finds out who is behind it just blindsides the reader out of nowhere. I will definitely be recommending this book to others and found it to be a solid read. Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley.