num_pages: 465
description: It began as an idea for a sexy gift of pleasure; it ended as murder.On their wedding night, Barbara Cochrane’s reluctant new husband, Bobby O’Berry, disappeared in a Massachusetts lake. Months later, an unidentified body turned up in San Francisco. A veteran private detective, Owen Carr (his card proclaims “Never a Day Off Since 1949”), thinks he’s found a connection between these events and the prestigious lawyer Leigh Rossville, his attractive wife Cathy and their salacious and suspicious activities late one Saturday evening. Trial lawyer (and friend) Chris Cage holds Rossville’s only chance in court to avoid a major scandal and criminal charges. Barbara Cochrane’s gangster brothers are also at the trial. They want to see justice served....
language: English
title: Rules of the Knife Fight
titlecomplete: Rules of the Knife Fight
genres: Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 20
publisher: Penguin Books