From Publishers Weekly
In British author Silverwood's engaging ninth whodunit to feature Det. Insp. Michael Angel (after
The Umbrella Man), Angel must track down the murderer of Joshua Gumme, a Yorkshire businessman known as The Man Who Couldn't Lose for having won more than 200 straight games of pontoon, a card game with a large element of chance, over a 10-year period. The suspects range from Gumme's son, who was left a pittance out of an estate worth millions, to a heroin dealer, but the universe of those who wished the ethically challenged Gumme dead is large enough to keep Angel and his team busy. As usual, Angel must battle his own superior, Superintendent Harker, to run the case his own way. In a nice touch, Angel's wife helps him figure out how Gumme cheated, but it's the policeman's down-to-earth common sense and doggedness that lead him to a satisfying solution of the crime. Once again Silverwood combines a classic mystery plot with well-developed characters.
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Product Description
Detective Inspector Michael Angel and his team investigate another puzzling and chilling case of murder in the South Yorkshire town of Bromersley. Wheelchair-bound millionaire businessman, Joshua Gumme, has the Midas touch—he is successful with women and in business. Even at card games he wins every time, but while everybody knows he cheats, they just don't know how. It is no surprise therefore, when his body is found floating in the River Don. At the same time, Angel's investigations lead him on the trail of two dangerous crooks, but as Michael Angel attempts to find and arrest them, he soon discovers that they have their own plans for the inspector.