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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... thing , not without one of those suits they wear when training attack dogs . " My partner adores jun- gles . How much are you asking ? " " Seven hundred . ” " I'll bring her in to see it . May I have your card , Mr. Jones ? " He didn't ...
... thing , not without one of those suits they wear when training attack dogs . " My partner adores jun- gles . How much are you asking ? " " Seven hundred . ” " I'll bring her in to see it . May I have your card , Mr. Jones ? " He didn't ...
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... things , I decided . Besides , he was the smallest person I knew in a position to tell me things . I went into Jerry's ... thing back and forth several times . Nothing came out . I shoved in three fat shells and wondered if it was now ...
... things , I decided . Besides , he was the smallest person I knew in a position to tell me things . I went into Jerry's ... thing back and forth several times . Nothing came out . I shoved in three fat shells and wondered if it was now ...
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... thing . " Bessie went to get it . " Funny thing , " said Buzz , " there was this other writer in here asking about Harry Pine . " " There was ? When ? " " Yeah , he was stone ignorant , never even heard of a P - 51 . " " When ? " " I ...
... thing . " Bessie went to get it . " Funny thing , " said Buzz , " there was this other writer in here asking about Harry Pine . " " There was ? When ? " " Yeah , he was stone ignorant , never even heard of a P - 51 . " " When ? " " I ...
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