A Quiet Vendetta Colin Dexter but her inheritance is tainted:

but her inheritance is tainted: she can see no way of stopping the ancient culture of vendetta which divides her city

she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon

later adapted by Golding as his play 'The Brass Butterfly'

and the rats and pirates from the Ratbridge Nautical Laundry

A Quiet Vendetta Colin Dexter but her inheritance is tainted:When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react rapidly she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana after all. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated in the trunk of a beautiful vintage car and when her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with a minor functionary from a Washington based organised crime task force. Quickly dragged down to the