A missing poet. A cryptic manuscript. A trail of verses that leads straight to murder.When reclusive literary legend Calliope Moore is set to give her first public reading in twenty years at Westbridge's beloved bookstore, The Gilded Spine, the town buzzes with anticipation. But when Calliope fails to appear and a torn, handwritten page is found in her place, concern quickly turns to chaos.Bookseller-turned-sleuth Miles Walker and his partner, Cal Bennett, are pulled into a poetic puzzle that grows darker with every stanza. Pages from Calliope's rumored lost collection-The Vanishing Verse-begin appearing around town. Each one is more haunting than the last. Each one brings them closer to a secret someone is willing to kill to keep buried.As the clues point toward an underground society, a decades-old betrayal, and a shadowy figure watching from the margins, Cal and Miles must follow the ink-stained trail before it vanishes for good.In a world where words hold power, and poetry hides the truth, can they uncover the final verse before it's too late?