The Madhouse in Washington Square by David Alexander

'While he lived, Carley Dane, a novelist whose one great success had led him to alcoholism, took delight in doling out misery in varied forms to all around him. In death, at the hands of party or parties unknown, he caused a breath-taking turn of events for his 'friends', a motley crew of fanatics who inhabited a Greenwich Village taproom known as the Madhouse.'.

'Mystery novel of high quality, introducing a pair of lesbians for window-dressing.' ~ Marion Zimmer-Bradley