Book is square, tight & clean.Appears to be unread. Light rubbing to jacket extremities. The author's 6th mystery novel. Set in 1864 London. Dr. David Livinstone is being laid to rest. Four of the famous explorer's friends return from Africa to attend the funeral. One stays on in England to recover from an amputated leg. He must deal with a former colleague intent ruining the men's reputations.