Synopsis
The murder of masseuse Linda Thomas quickly became a sticky situation - her clients included important people in high places.
It was a case for Staff Inspector Charlie Salter of Special Affairs and his new investigator, Sergeant Mel Pickett. They soon kick open a hornet's nest of hostile and secretive suspects, including a provincial deputy minister, a famous television host, the tenants of the woman's building, and a nervous member of academia. There's an unidentified secret lover in there somewhere; is he the last person to see the victim alive?
A lot of people have a lot to hide - with even more at stake than their careers. To make things more difficult, Salter is worried his wife is having an affair.
For Charlie, it's a sensitive case at home and on the job. He's doing a lot of tiptoeing around .. with a killer lurking in the shadow of every step!
Librarian's note: all the characters, settings, description updates, etc. have been done for the Charlie Salter 11 volume + one novella series: 1. The Night the Gods Smiled, 1983; 2. Smoke Detector, 1984; 3. Death in the Old Country, 1985; 4. A Single Death, 1986; 5. A Body Surrounded by Water, 1987; 6. A Question of Murder, 1988; 7. A Sensitive Case, 1990; 8. Final Cut, 1991; 9. A Fine Italian Hand, 1992; 10. Death by Degrees, 1993; 11. The Last Hand, 2001; and 11.A. My Brother's Keeper, a novella with Howard Engel featuring both Salter and Benny Cooperman, 2001.
From Publishers Weekly
Staff Inspector Charlie Salter of the Toronto police department makes his seventh appearance in this gem of a procedural. Teamed with Sergeant Mel Pickett, a widower nearing retirement, he takes over the investigation of the murder of Linda Thomas, a massage therapist with several influential--and nervous--clients. Dealing with an irate deputy provincial minister anxious that his involvement with the victim not become public knowledge, Slater and Picket develop a number of promising leads and learn the victim was nothing more than a legitimate masseuse. While the demands of Salter's career threaten his marriage, Pickett is tracked by a Brit punk rocker who could be a granddaughter resulting from a wartime dalliance. Wright's deftly realized walk-on characters, such as Pickett's blade-faced sister-in-law who is maneuvering to make her son his heir, contribute to this appealing mystery.
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