Rupert Holmes Books in Order

At a wealthy couple's Dartmoor retreat, suspicions of adultery and murder set a dangerous game in motion. The comedy thriller repeatedly shifts apparent identities and intentions, making it difficult to determine who controls the deception.

Journalist O'Connor investigates the unexplained death that destroyed a famous entertainment partnership. As interviews draw her closer to singer Vince Collins and comedian Lanny Morris, she uncovers secrets that make her growing involvement with both men dangerous.

Touring saxophonist Ray Sherwood agrees to help a Berkeley student orchestrate her composition for San Francisco's Golden Gate Exposition. Soon after meeting her, he witnesses a young woman's fatal fall, drawing his musical assignment into a troubling mystery.

At a secretive conservatory, students study how to commit a justified and undetectable murder. Graduation requires carrying out a lethal thesis, turning resentment toward an employer into an elaborate academic exercise with potentially deadly classmates.