Publisher's Synopsis
When bookseller Brian McDonald is murdered - stabbed in the back with his own paperknife - the police are overwhelmed with suspects! Investigating detective Bentley Hollow discovers that the victim, dishonest professionally and privately, was universally hated by those closest to him. For the detective, life is difficult, his wife has left him and there's a mutual hatred between him and his police partner. Now, in finding the murderer AND a solution to his problems, his life would be irrevocably changed...