Lover ManArtie Deemer had it easy--relaxing in his easy chair and collecting paychecks from his dog's acting career. Then Billie Burke, Artie's beautiful ex-girlfriend, was murdered, and Artie was plunged into a whirlwind of drugs, blackmail, mobsters--and a growing pile of corpses. Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Mystery. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book for 1987. |
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Page 52
Dallas Murphy. I hung up . Maybe I didn't trust Sybel , after all . I'd have to call again to be sure I didn't misdial . " Haw - wo ! " Why didn't I call the police ? Billie had placed in my hands major evidence . Billie hadn't sent it ...
Dallas Murphy. I hung up . Maybe I didn't trust Sybel , after all . I'd have to call again to be sure I didn't misdial . " Haw - wo ! " Why didn't I call the police ? Billie had placed in my hands major evidence . Billie hadn't sent it ...
Page 98
... didn't know , what made sense and what didn't . Billie didn't . But thought shriveled without a chance against all that fear . Someone had come for me . He waited in the rain . Biding his time . I brooded on vulnerability . Strangers ...
... didn't know , what made sense and what didn't . Billie didn't . But thought shriveled without a chance against all that fear . Someone had come for me . He waited in the rain . Biding his time . I brooded on vulnerability . Strangers ...
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... didn't tell ? " " What ? " " You said she didn't tell , so Jones killed her . How do you know she didn't tell ? " " Oh . . . well , I just assumed- " " Yeah , you assumed because you got the photos your- self . " " No- " " Yes , you do ...
... didn't tell ? " " What ? " " You said she didn't tell , so Jones killed her . How do you know she didn't tell ? " " Oh . . . well , I just assumed- " " Yeah , you assumed because you got the photos your- self . " " No- " " Yes , you do ...
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