In With Distinction, Chess Hanrahan, private detective in New York City, goes from finding a missing heir, whose whereabouts he will not divulge, to investigating the careers of a captivating actress and a murdered historian, and uncovers the sordid connection. He enters the glitzy world of actors and film and finds murder, plagiarism, and malice.
Edward Cline is an American novelist and essayist. He is best known for his Sparrowhawk series of novels, which take place in England and Virginia before the American Revolutionary War. He is also the author of First Prize and Whisper the Guns. Outside of his work as a novelist, Cline is known for his writings on esthetics and his defense of capitalism and of free speech. As a writer, his strongest influence has been the philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand. Currently, he is a policy analyst for the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism. He lives in Yorktown, Virginia.