Nameless is excited when he gets an invitation to the first annual pulpwriters' convention—a gathering of old mystery and detective hacks— and thinks he's in for a weekend of fun and reminiscing with some of his favorite authors. But when ex-editor Frank Colodny is found murdered in a hotel room, Nameless suddenly has a real-life whodunnit on his hands!

It seems a lot of people wanted Colodny dead—his former writers, illustrators, and even a jealous husband. And when the plot thickens with blackmail, extortion, and another hideous murder, Nameless has to collar the culprit quickly before he himself is written out of this deadly mystery—for good!