Montalo himself had obsessed over the novel , hoping to find in it a proof of Plato 's Theory of Forms .
His captor turns out to be the scholar Montalo , whose edition of The Athenian Murders is the only surviving copy of the work .
Montalo himself had obsessed over the novel , hoping to find in it a proof of Plato 's Theory of Forms .
His captor turns out to be the scholar Montalo , whose edition of The Athenian Murders is the only surviving copy of the work .