An unmarried, middle-aged editor named Susan Ryeland receives from her superior the handwritten manuscript of the latest projected novel of the best-selling writer Alan Conway, but notices that the final chapter is missing.
Shortly afterwards, she learns that Alan Conway has died in an apparent suicide by falling off the tower of his mansion.
A suicide note in Conway's own handwriting is delivered to her office.
However, she has nagging doubts about the reality of the events, and decides to investigate Conway's death in order to know the truth, and to find where the last chapter of the manuscript went.
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