Growing up in mid-century Brooklyn, Seymour Lipp’s nemesis is Junior Constantino. Seymour becomes an attorney, Junior a petty criminal. Both at different times have been involved with the sensuous Lois. When Junior is accused of a rape murder he enlists Seymour as his defense attorney. Out of this tangled triangle, The Monkey Rope tells a story that grabs you and doesn’t let go. Mystery by Stephen Lewis; originally published by Walker