I was jack mortimer, paperback/alexander lernet-holenia

Translated by Ignat Avsey.

A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponers cab, gives the name of a hotel and, before he reaches it, has been murdered.

And though Sponer has so far committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Morimers life, and might not be able to escape its tangles and intrigues before it is too late.