A Coat of Varnish Recent Bruno's pursuit of this rare

Bruno's pursuit of this rare knowledge brings him to London

the characters are as substantial as a down home breakfast of biscuits and ham with red-eye gravy

Conservative and famously controversial

but he has little idea where to begin

A Coat of Varnish Recent Bruno's pursuit of this rareHumphrey Leigh, retired resident of Belgravia, pays a social visit to an old friend, Lady Ashbrook, who is waiting for medical test results. When Lady Ashbrook gets the all clear, she enjoys her new lease of life for ten days. When she is then found brutally murdered, the entire upper middle class neighbourhood is thrown into disarray.