Antidote to Venom

"Crofts makes great use of the 'inverted mystery' structure (he was among the first to employ the technique) in which the traditional whodunit is turned on its head, with the reader following the murderer through temptation and commission and then watching the detective sort through the sparse clues." —Booklist STARRED review

George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his fi...