num_pages: 166
description: This universally acclaimed debut by Lathen (a pseudonym for the writing team of Mary J. Latsis and Martha Henissart) introduced mystery fans to amateur sleuth/Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher. Newsweek describes Lathen as "a master plotter, an elegant stylist, a comic genius and a purist who never sacrifices logic for surprise effect."
language: English
title: Banking on Death
titlecomplete: Banking on Death (John Putnam Thatcher, #1)
characters: John Putnam Thatcher
genres: Fiction, Crime, Christmas, Mystery
ratings_count: 288
series: John Putnam Thatcher
publisher: Otto Penzler Books