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. matter . I helped her move her stuff to Sullivan Street , and the moving done , she said she hoped I'd take Jellyroll , since there were no grassy parks in the Village . That wasn't the real reason , either . We both knew ...
Dallas Murphy. matter . I helped her move her stuff to Sullivan Street , and the moving done , she said she hoped I'd take Jellyroll , since there were no grassy parks in the Village . That wasn't the real reason , either . We both knew ...
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... move . I still didn't have what I'd come for , assuming it was still there . No , forget the whole thing . The only sane move was to find the nearest phone and call the cops . I couldn't go back into that office . No. Out of the ...
... move . I still didn't have what I'd come for , assuming it was still there . No , forget the whole thing . The only sane move was to find the nearest phone and call the cops . I couldn't go back into that office . No. Out of the ...
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... move that might jeopardize my dog , even though that now familiar flood of adrenaline was washing through me . Leon was considering his alternatives . Maybe he rec- ognized that if he hurt my dog , I'd kill him — or hire it done through ...
... move that might jeopardize my dog , even though that now familiar flood of adrenaline was washing through me . Leon was considering his alternatives . Maybe he rec- ognized that if he hurt my dog , I'd kill him — or hire it done through ...
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