Who wanted them dead? On the eve of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, as the Skyscraper Wars rage among the moguls of industry, six authors known as The Murder Club spend their evenings spinning plots for their new mystery novels in a little bohemian cafe in Greenwich Village. So, who wanted them dead? While generally misbehaving at the hot spots around Manhattan, Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, and their Algonquin Round Table friends unravel a diabolical murder mystery that has shaken the world of publishing.