Herbert Fastnaught of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police has a secondary role in both The Brass Go-Between and No Questions Asked, by which time he has been promoted to lieutenant. References External links "Ah, Treachery!," a long essay about Ross Thomas's books by Ethan Iverson Ross Thomas retrospective at Los Angeles Review of Books, 2013 1926 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists American crime fiction writers American male novelists American thriller writers Edgar Award winners Novelists from Oklahoma United States Army personnel of World War II