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Murder can't wait

by Richard Lockridge

FictionM. L. Heimrich (Fictitious character)Nathan Shapiro (fictitious character)PoliceM.L. Heimrich (Fictitious character)Large type booksNew york (state), fiction

Stuart Fleming, former member of the Dyckman University football squad, is laid up with a broken leg at home when he puts in a call to the Manhattan police. He gives them a story of gamblers trying to get at the current Dyckman players for point-shaving purposes. Lieutenant Nathan Shapiro drives out to the house to question him, only to discover that someone handy with a gun has been there first. The ex-football star is deader than a punctured pigskin. That's when Captain Heimrich gets into the game and finds that football isn't the only sport involved. There's golf, for instance, and philandering — possibly involving a blonde named Enid, or dark-haired Catherine, or redheaded Mrs. Bryce — or maybe all three!

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Book data: Open Library