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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... door and led me into the elevator . Was this the way the dead en- tered ? Dented aluminum doors closed in front of us when Cobb pushed the button . We lurched up one floor , and the doors opened onto a long two - tone green hallway ...
... door and led me into the elevator . Was this the way the dead en- tered ? Dented aluminum doors closed in front of us when Cobb pushed the button . We lurched up one floor , and the doors opened onto a long two - tone green hallway ...
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... door . It was directly in front of me . The door was barely two feet square . I lowered myself until it was at about waist level and pushed on the door , but it wouldn't open . Was it locked ? Was there some kind of hook ? I hadn't come ...
... door . It was directly in front of me . The door was barely two feet square . I lowered myself until it was at about waist level and pushed on the door , but it wouldn't open . Was it locked ? Was there some kind of hook ? I hadn't come ...
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... door on my side , but I left chain and lock on the floor and got out . Sybel slid across the seat , and I helped her out . Dickie drove away . Tex said , " Come on , " and led us toward the box office . From a poster , Clint Eastwood ...
... door on my side , but I left chain and lock on the floor and got out . Sybel slid across the seat , and I helped her out . Dickie drove away . Tex said , " Come on , " and led us toward the box office . From a poster , Clint Eastwood ...
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