Called in to help dying millionaire Maximilian Kottle locate his estranged son, P.I. John Marshall Tanner doesn't know what to expect.
Soon Tanner is on a quest to find Karl Kottle, a former sixties radical and alleged murderer. As his search continues, Tanner encounters a host of potential clients, including a muckraking newspaper editor whose star investigative reporter may have finally gone too far...
Read MoreThe plot is complex, the villain unexpected, the people believable...and the writing outstanding! - United Press InternationalAll the right components are here - violence and sex, intellectual deduction and good guesses, wit and cynicism - plus lots of real surprises and that essential ingredient of the private-eye tale, a large pinch of morality - New York Magazine