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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... front door into the street . He turned right . I hurried to the door and looked out . Stretch crossed Eleventh , and for a moment I thought he was heading for the front door of Renaissance Antiques , but he turned left onto Broadway . I ...
... front door into the street . He turned right . I hurried to the door and looked out . Stretch crossed Eleventh , and for a moment I thought he was heading for the front door of Renaissance Antiques , but he turned left onto Broadway . I ...
Page 77
... front , only now there was a big panel truck in the frame . Two burly men were muscling a chest of drawers down a ramp from the rear of the truck , the arrival of which Jones might have been awaiting in the previous photograph . " Who ...
... front , only now there was a big panel truck in the frame . Two burly men were muscling a chest of drawers down a ramp from the rear of the truck , the arrival of which Jones might have been awaiting in the previous photograph . " Who ...
Page 112
... front . When it does , tap on the wall so I'll know , then go out and open the door for me . ' " Gracious living , huh ? ” " Right . " Blue went off to watch the door . My stomach snarled belligerently . I had forgotten to eat . Nothing ...
... front . When it does , tap on the wall so I'll know , then go out and open the door for me . ' " Gracious living , huh ? ” " Right . " Blue went off to watch the door . My stomach snarled belligerently . I had forgotten to eat . Nothing ...
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