Samuel Todd, field investigator for the Bingham Foundation, discovers that a conspiracy of silence surrounds the research being conducted by Telford Gordon Thorndecker who heads both Crittenden Hall, nursing home for the well-to-do, and Crittenden Research Lab
Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998) was the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty mystery and suspense novels including the Edward X. Delaney, Archy McNally, and Timothy Cone series, as well as the acclaimed Commandment books. The Anderson Tapes received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for best first novel.