London: Collins, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel by this British master of crime fiction. A member of Parliament has supposedly committed suicide by throwing himself into the Thames. Or has he? The police are not sure, so Superintendent Sutcliffe, on the verge of retirement, uses his accumulated leave to check into it. A satirical look at British politics and the furor engendered when there is a by-election to fill an unexpectedly vacant seat. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-00231441x.