Unfortunately when an inheritance fails to boost his coffers as hoped he is forced to look elsewhere for money and, with the help of his accomplice / blackmailer, uses a snake in his zoo to perform what he thinks is the perfect murder...
It isn't a bad book though takes a long time to get going and has an unusual though not uninteresting structure. It is an fascinating exploration of the criminal mind and how a seemingly respectable person can drop into the moral sewer. It just needed a bit of a pruning.
