The Sunset Law

Inspector Kentworthy #10

by John Buxton Hilton

Retired Superintendent Kenworthy visits his daughter and her policeman-husband in Florida, where he becomes involved in some pretty shady affairs. Two prostitutes are murdered after accusing the son-in-law of conspiracy, and the son-in-law disappears.

Genres: Mystery

164 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

John Buxton Hilton was a British crime writer. After his war service in the army he became an Inspector of schools, before retiring in 1970 to take up full-time writing.

He wrote the Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series and the Inspector Thomas Brunt series, as well as the Inspector Mosley series under the pseudonym John Greenwood. Hilton died in Norwich.

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Detective Superintendent Kenworthy, still bitter about his early retirement from Scotland Yard, visits his daughter and son-in-law, a State policeman in Florida, only to find himself involved in a sinister criminal subculture in which nothing is as it seems. When the two prostitutes who charged his son-in-law with corruption are murdered, the son-in-law disappears, leaving Kenworthy to piece out the mystery. Kenworthy puts his professional and personal reputation at risk, not to mention his life, as he attempts to find the truth in the drug-ridden swamps of the Everglades."
~~front flap

For a change, I really liked this one. I think because the plot was more straightforward, and Kenworthy didn't do his usual of concentrating on clues that neither the reader nor his sergeant notice. It was exciting too, and certainly nothing was as it seemed.