MALCOLM'S WINE: A NOIR CRIME NOVEL. Even the baddies (and they're pretty bad, indeed) are misguided idealists in this stunning, character-driven page-turner. A used book store clerk discovers he's been burglarized and relieved of a memento of his dead son. When he decides to track down the thieves he runs into some of the most colorful and strange people he's ever met. Along the way he is pursued by the police as chief suspect in the brutal murder of a sexy librarian. His girlfriend is kidnapped by a desperate wannabe rare book dealer. He meets and weirdly hooks up with a troll-collecting country queen. And he's beaten up, threatened, and humiliated by two red-necked meth freaks who've stolen the biggest score of their lives: one of America's largest private collections of rare books. MALCOLM'S WINE IS A NOIR CRIME NOVEL WITH AN INTELLIGENT TWIST.