Book description
Some crooks have tried to snatch the plump son of a business tycoon,
and have accidentally made off with his playmate instead. But they re
not changing their plan: a payment is to be delivered to them or a small
corpse is to be delivered to Inspector Ghote. But what kind of ransom
can a mere tailor s boy demand? And, as something more unpleasant than
just a ransom note arrives from the kidnappers, are the police helping
keep the boy in one piece? H. R. F. Keating was born at St
Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in 1926. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving
early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period
of service in the army, which he describes as 'totally undistinguished',
he went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern
literature. He was also the crime books reviewer for The Times for
fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote, The Perfect
Murder, won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an
Edgar Allen Poe Special Award. He lives in London with his wife, the
actress Sheila Mitchell, and has three sons and a daughter.
