Description: Inspector Perry Trethowan reads in the obituaries that his estranged father has died under peculiar circumstances: he was fooling around with a form of self-torture called strappado. At the request of his supervisor, Peter returns to his...
Synopsis Inspector Perry Trethowan reads in the obituaries that his estranged father has died under peculiar circumstances: he was fooling around with a form of self-torture called strappado. At the request of his supervisor, Peter returns to his ancestral home to determine if any of his cousins or siblings might have helped the old man to his bizarre end.
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Publication Date:
1985-10-01
Edition Description:
Reissue
Industry Reviews "Another of the author's unfailingly entertaining forays into crime." Westlake
"One of the most inventive writers of detective fiction today." Westlake