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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... heard of Barnaby Price , but I didn't say so . I nodded vigorously and enthusiastically , I hoped . " And Prudence Akroyd is playing the girl . " 99 " Oh , great , " I said , but I'd never heard of her either . It makes people nervous ...
... heard of Barnaby Price , but I didn't say so . I nodded vigorously and enthusiastically , I hoped . " And Prudence Akroyd is playing the girl . " 99 " Oh , great , " I said , but I'd never heard of her either . It makes people nervous ...
Page 75
... heard of Beemon , I'd heard of the others , of Gentile , Blakeslee , Zemke , Johnson . If dreaming of doing a thing were the same as doing it , then when I was twelve I flew with them , searching out FW - 190s on the frigid upper edge ...
... heard of Beemon , I'd heard of the others , of Gentile , Blakeslee , Zemke , Johnson . If dreaming of doing a thing were the same as doing it , then when I was twelve I flew with them , searching out FW - 190s on the frigid upper edge ...
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... heard of them . ” 92 His shoulders sagged , his brow wrinkled . I thought he was going to cry . " I need those ... heard of him ? Well then , like Renaissance Antiques - ashes . " " What are you talking about ? ” " Renaissance Antiques ...
... heard of them . ” 92 His shoulders sagged , his brow wrinkled . I thought he was going to cry . " I need those ... heard of him ? Well then , like Renaissance Antiques - ashes . " " What are you talking about ? ” " Renaissance Antiques ...
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