"Skeletons in the closet are sometimes best left undiscovered and undisturbed. Enter at your own risk the closet of Hans Rudolf Gottlieb, Depression-era carnival wrestler and former Olympian who has come to the north woods to die. As he moves silently between the brutally harsh and haunting memories of his past, Hans attempts to keep the many secrets that define his life in this epic story of enduring love and tragic consequences. Photographer Sam Dawson, bored with taking pictures of cemeteries and in defiance of his editor, turns his camera toward the elderly residents of a nursing home. 'We're going to see some old people,' he tells his drooling bloodhound. 'It'll be our little secret.' But Sam uncovers more secrets than he bargained for and the disturbing truth that the aged are often not who they appear to be. Sam and his 'puddle of dog flesh' will be set upon by wolves and humans alike as [he], the primary suspect in a resident's murder, exposes decades-long secrets to unravel this Gordian knot of a mystery"--Front jacket fla