Toni Jordan releases her book The Fragments at Victoria Point library on December 4.

Jordan is an award-winning, bestselling author of Addition and Nine Days, with her latest offering described as being a superbly crafted and captivating literary mystery about a lost book and a secret love.

Inga Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book—and a literary mystery that has captivated generations of readers.

It is now almost 50 years later and  Brisbane bookseller Caddie Walker is waiting to see a Karlson exhibition featuring the famous fragments when she meets a charismatic older woman. The woman quotes a phrase from the Karlson fragments that Caddie knows does not exist—and yet to Caddie, who knows Inga Karlson’s work like she knows her name, it feels genuine.

Caddie is electrified. Jolted her from her sleepy, no-worries life in torpid 1980s Brisbane she is driven to investigate: to find the clues that will unlock the greatest literary mystery of the 20^th century

The Fragments is published Text publishing company and retails  $29.99. Books will be on sale through Dymocks on the day.

At the event, Jordan will be available for book signings. The event is free and can be booked on ​3884 4000.