All Is Vanity

Bentley Jones is the gifted managing editor of the UniversityPress in Los Angeles. When he is found murdered, Lazlo Boyd,the Campus Police Chief, is ordered by the University Presidentto quickly solve the crime. Lazlo and his two lieutenants, JavierLopez and Julia Kim, are soon faced with many suspects, forBentley had made many enemies among those University professorswhose books he had edited. Lazlo uses all of the resourcesof the Universitys many departments to pursue the investigation. Soon however he uncovers a plot so vast that it threatensthe very existence of the University Press. But he must movequickly before the plot can be executed. A supplementary readers guide includes explanations and referencessupporting the actual facts and research on which thenovel is based.