When Christopher Thomas a curator at San Franciscos Museum of Fine Arts is murdered & his decaying body is found in an iron maiden in Berlin his wife Rosemary Thomas is the prime suspect. Long suffering under Christophers unfaithful ways Rosemary is tried convicted & executed. Ten years later Jon Nunn the detective who cracked the case becomes convinced that the wrong person was put to death. Along with financier Tony Olsen he plans to gather everyone who was there the night Christopher died & finally uncover the truth about what happened that fateful evening. Could it have been the neer do well brother Peter Hausen interested in his sisters trust fund having got through his own; the curatorial assistant Justine Olengard used & betrayed by Christopher; the artist Belle who turned down his advances only to see her career suffer a setback; or someone else all together? No Rest for the Dead is a thrilling page-turning accomplishment that only the very best thriller writers could achieve.