![]() ![]() Two years later, his children, daughter Katrina, and son, Walter Jr., show up at Cayne’s office, saying their father would never have killed himself. When he was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head, lying on a deserted plot of land in an area near the Chicago River called Wolf Point, the medical examiner ruled his death a suicide. ![]() He had many loyal friends, but he also made enemies. Family was important to him and he was close to his wife and children. While Griffin had friends in high places, including the mayor’s office, he often made deals with people who operated outside the law. Walter Griffin was a prominent businessman and insider around Chicago. He’s also well read and frequently quotes Shakespeare and poets, and, when the occasion calls for it, his grandmother.Ĭayne’s latest case is one he was reluctant to take on. Getting in a round of golf or just hitting balls at the range are ways he relaxes and mulls over an investigation. ![]() Cayne – Smith, too, we assume – is an avid golfer, trying to get his handicap into a single digit. Wendell Oliver Cayne, is a surgeon, which gives Smith plenty of opportunities to display his medical knowledge. ![]() Surprisingly, Smith’s protagonist, Cayne, is not a doctor, but a police detective who leaves the Chicago Police Department after he refuses to become part of the “blue wall,” covering up the police’s involvement in the death of a young Black man. ![]()
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