Lead Tin Yellow  (English, Paperback, Gunnery Doug)

Robin was stunned! Why should his father chuck a bag of old newspapers over a bridge moments before he was shot? He was just a retired small-town engineer, so what secret was he hiding? He had lived all his life in a small Midwestern town and led a dull, gray-flannel life. The police were curious too. There was a ghastly murder on their hands. When Robin found a key with a tag in his raincoat he knew his father had deliberately secreted it for him. Now he had a clue, but where would this take him? There was something his father wanted him to know, and he had to get there before the police. It was now between him, his father, and his killers. The secret lay in Robins discovery of how lead and tin were combined by sixteenth-century artists to make a brilliant yellow. In his pursuit of his fathers killers, Robin puts his journalistic career on hold to enter a world of corporate thugs, unrequited love, and medieval art. He pursued his quarry, just as his quarry pursued him, from the East Coast to the Midwest to Quebec and back. His partner, a high-end fashion designer, and his quarrelsome but astute half-brother step up to fill in the blanks that help Robin get closer to his target. Events build up to a dramatic climax at which point Robin and the police have identical interests. The showdown is on the same bridge on which Robins father was shot. In his lifetime, Robin hardly knew his reticent father. But after his death, as he unpeeled his fathers life, he got to know of the courage and affection this man was capable of. A grave tragedy helps a near-dysfunctional family to rekindle an absent affection that should have always been there.

About the Author :-

He is an acclaimed sociologist and taught for over three decades in a number of universities across the world. He has authored and edited 18 books on subjects as diverse as social hierarchy, ethnicity, fashion and public policy. He enjoys mystery thrillers and is an amateur bird watcher. He started the Business Ethics Division in KPMG and is currently serving on the Board of his country's Central Bank. He now lives in India with his wife. Their son works in New York