On a friend's bookshelf I just discovered a paperback mystery novel that hasn't yet been mentioned on the Forum. If you're interested in contemporary novels featuring Mark Twain and/or his works, you might want to check out the following: Edith Skom. _The Mark Twain Murders_. New York: Dell Publishing, 1989. 277 pp. ISBN 0-440-20608-1. The cited sources of background information are Neider's edition of the autobiography, Paine's edition of the notebooks, and Kaplan's _Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain_. Taylor Roberts