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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... passed a short , wrinkled Italian woman in a black dress , black shoes and socks . That , for all I knew , could be the best disguise on the force . I turned around and walked directly to Billie's stoop , where I pretended to check the ...
... passed a short , wrinkled Italian woman in a black dress , black shoes and socks . That , for all I knew , could be the best disguise on the force . I turned around and walked directly to Billie's stoop , where I pretended to check the ...
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... passed . I felt something squishy beneath my boot , but I kept pulling myself deeper into this reverse mine shaft . Another light , then another , passed beneath me . That made four . One more . My stop . But it didn't appear . I should ...
... passed . I felt something squishy beneath my boot , but I kept pulling myself deeper into this reverse mine shaft . Another light , then another , passed beneath me . That made four . One more . My stop . But it didn't appear . I should ...
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... passed her the next one : Ren- aissance Antiques from the same elevated angle . Jones stood at the curb in 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 ...
... passed her the next one : Ren- aissance Antiques from the same elevated angle . Jones stood at the curb in 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 ...
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