He hasn't written anything new since his critically acclaimed novel debuted in 1922, and by 1927 Ernest Stringer is living in poverty with his artist lover in a drafty Greenwich Village flat when he meets Anthony Young, the prolific author of a bestselling mystery series. As regular patrons of the bohemian Romany Marie's Caf , Ernest and Anthony strike up an unusual friendship. Four other authors join in their talks on the art of mystery writing...