When it comes to crime, Boston Police Inspector and part-time intelligence agent, Francis Xavier Flynn is no stranger to the bizarre, the perverse, or the ridiculous. But when he is suddenly summoned by Police Commissioner D?Esopo to a secret wilderness compound far outside of their jurisdiction, he is a little surprised to find himself the hostage of a secret club of the nation?s most powerful and peculiar. Famous for his irreverent methods and razor sharp intellect, Flynn is forced to conduct a clandestine murder investigation. But before one murder is even solved, membership at the Rod and Gun Club continues to drop.
From the back cover: "Flynn's an unwelcome guest at the Rod and Gun Club, a very exclusive preserve where the rich and powerful cavort like boys in heavily shuttered privacy. Its members include the governor, legislators, and even the Boston police commissioner himself, who summons Flynn to do a quiet investigation when a member's shotgunned corpse is found. But Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn plays by the rules: his rules. Then the murders multiply...and the bodies disapperar. Whodunit? The judge in the slinky evening gowns? The nudist senior member of an august law firm? The butler, serving for nine counts of bigamy? The clearly vulnerable police commissioner? Obviously, this is a case for Flynn..."
