BOOK SIX in the series: Apparently of its own volition, an antique crossbow, long perched high on the wall of the great room in Winston Rafferty's Mansion, fires and kills one of the guests at a publisher's book launching party. There are a variety of suspects: the publisher, three mystery writers, a universally disliked book critic, the cantankerous neighbor and his son, the wily old grounds keeper, the maid, and the new assistant to Rafferty - himself a noted mystery writer and suspect. Gadgetry abounds. The twists and turns tangle among themselves. Masters identifies and perpetrator in the final words of the final paragraph. (Those who peek will be drawn and quartered!)
