Straight Pool

When a body is discovered in the ashes of Westerly� swank Haversham Golf Club, Algy Temple, the pool playing sleuth, uncovers a complex criminal conspiracy with its roots in casino gambling and ethnic tensions. Meanwhile, Temple, as legal counsel to Ivy League Carter University, clashes with the mendacious mayor of Providence, a fierce practitioner of poisonous politics. With psychologist Nadie Winokur, Algy Temple faces his greatest challenge in a game of straight pool. Original.