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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Dallas Murphy. closet . He had a plain metal desk with an extra chair and a Mr. Coffee machine . There was no room for anything else . Dibbs turned his desk chair around , offered me the extra one , and we sat knee to knee , his back ...
Dallas Murphy. closet . He had a plain metal desk with an extra chair and a Mr. Coffee machine . There was no room for anything else . Dibbs turned his desk chair around , offered me the extra one , and we sat knee to knee , his back ...
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... chair . I drew up my knees to my chest and gripped them . Would some firepower make me feel better ? My neighbor Jerry kept guns . I could build a bunker around my Morris chair , pee through the gun ports . I padded warily into the ...
... chair . I drew up my knees to my chest and gripped them . Would some firepower make me feel better ? My neighbor Jerry kept guns . I could build a bunker around my Morris chair , pee through the gun ports . I padded warily into the ...
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... chair , listening to jazz , and collecting paychecks from my dog Jellyroll's successful acting career . Then Manhattan Homicide South came pounding on my door , and tranquility vanished for a long , long time . Billie Burke , my ex ...
... chair , listening to jazz , and collecting paychecks from my dog Jellyroll's successful acting career . Then Manhattan Homicide South came pounding on my door , and tranquility vanished for a long , long time . Billie Burke , my ex ...
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