Book two in Edward Marston's repackaged classic inter-war mystery series featuring Frank Lloyd Wright. First published as Saint's Rest.
Chicago, 1931. While the Great Depression has tightened its grip on the world,there are still some men who have the means to make their dreams a reality.
One of these men is Hobart St. John, who wants a sixteen-room mansion in theChicago suburb of Oak Park. For young Welsh architect Merlin Richards, theopportunity to work on the house is an answer to his prayer.All too soon, Richards's elation turns to confusion and fear. A body has beenfound on site hanging from a rafter. The authorities dismiss it as a case ofsuicide but how can that be the case when his hands were tied behind hisback?
His dream assignment is fast becoming a nightmare, and Merlin Richardsrealises that the answers he wants might cost him his life.
