Dutch born Otto Vogel and German born Benno Schumacher became friends in their youth as they worked side by side in South Africa in the late 1950's. In later years greed gnawed away at their friendship and the discovery of the role their fathers played in World War II adds to the erosion. Greed and anger had killed their fathers. A secret letter discovered by Otto in 1994 reopens the events of World War II that will cause Otto and Benno even more anguish. Three apparently unrelated murders are eventually threaded together by Bill Reardon, a plodding New york City detective. This is the final...

When Wes Blake disappears along with his millions it initially seems that he might have left his third wife and run off to start a new life. Detective Bill Reardon quickly dismisses that scenario when he learns that others whom Wes knew in his youth have also disappeared along with their riches. What is the common thread that binds these men together? And what is their fate? Has the perfect crime finally been committed? Readon's uncanny sense for people coupled with his plodding ways turns up a unique way of disposing of evidence. Much of The Funfun Club action takes place in picturesque New...