Description: One of the most critically acclaimed of all contemporary crime writers and a Diamond Dagger Award winner delivers another triumph with this witty tale of family discord and murder.
Brief description: Robert Barnard (1936-2013) was awarded the Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Nero Wolfe Award, and the Macavity Award. An eight-time Edgar nominee, he was a member of Britain's distinguished Detection Club, and in May 2003, he received the Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in mystery writing.