The Book of DoorsThe Book of Doors

"Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life -- until the day one of her favorite customers, a lonely yet charming old man, dies sitting at his usual table in the store. Cassie is devastated. She always loved his stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by. Nothing, that is, but the last book he was reading -- and one other he left for Cassie. But the other book, covered in faded, cracked leather, is no ordinary book. It is the Book of Doors. Inscribed with enigmatic words and mysterious drawings, it promises Cassie that any door is every door. She just needs to know how to open it. Soon Cassie is approached by a gaunt stranger in a rumpled black suit. Drummond Fox is a Scottish librarian who keeps watch over a unique set of rare volumes. The tome in Cassie's possession is not the only book with great power, but it is the one most coveted by those who collect them. Now Cassie is being hunted by the few people who know about the special books. With just her roommate, Izzy, to confide in, she has to decide if she will help the mysterious and haunted Drummond protect the Book of Doors -- and the other books in his secret library's care -- from those who would do evil. Only Drummond knows where the library is and only Cassie's book can get them there. But some are willing to kill to obtain those secrets. And a dark force -- in the form of a shadowy, sadistic woman -- is at the very top of that list."--Dust jacket flap.