Hugo Bishop: He''s not a cop, nor a private eye. He simply shows up to help. He''s the figure at the edge of the floodlights as a body is pulled from the river. He''s the brilliant fashion plate who knocks elbows with psychopaths. Wielding a pungent sense of humor, he pursues danger in an arena of exotic intrigues and and deadly pleasures. In Bishop''s high-risk world, ""The only thing worth going for is checkmate.""
Hugo Bishop sets out to find the missing piece of a love triangle. Nicole Pedley''s husband is a famous London theatrical director. Her lover is a handsome young actor who has made a sudden exit. With the help of his able assistant Vera Gorringe, Bishop sets off to find the missing man, immersing himself in a deliciously back-stabbing, backstage world of envy, passion, and enough phony baloney to choke you dead.
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