A young engineer is set up for murder. He has to be innocent because Perry is defending him. A whole bunch of shenanigans take place because of a service road that would prevent prohibitive cost to a development. There is also a beautiful, 100 year old house in the way, full of classic artifacts. One of the men who is playing hardball is killed in that house (a crowbar rather than a fireplace poker this time). There are all the elements of paperback novel here and it works quite well.
Review of The Case of the Ruinous Road
