The Unorthodox Corpse / Death on the Downbeat / The Blonde - by Carter Brown (Paperback)
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Highlights
- THE UNORTHODOX CORPSE In which Lt. Al Wheeler must figure out----who stuck in the knife in the back of one of the students at an all-girls school during a magic show--whether The Great Mephisto is really victim number two or is just faking his own death--what the victims have in common when another student is found with a knife in her back, too.
- Author(s): Carter Brown
- 298 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
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About the Book
Al Wheeler was Carter Brown's most popular mystery series. These three novels from the late 1950s have been reprinted from their original Australian editions, the first two of which were revised for their original U.S. editions.Book Synopsis
THE UNORTHODOX CORPSE
In which Lt. Al Wheeler must figure out--
--who stuck in the knife in the back of one of the students at an all-girls school during a magic show
--whether The Great Mephisto is really victim number two or is just faking his own death
--what the victims have in common when another student is found with a knife in her back, too.
DEATH ON THE DOWNBEAT
In which Lt. Al Wheeler must solve--
--a murder in a jazz club that happens on the stage in front of everyone, but without a killer, or a weapon
--the reason behind this crazy killing of the hophead son of a local newspaper tycoon
--the mystery of Midnight O'Hara, sultry singer and owner of the nightclub, who may not be as innocent as she seems.
THE BLONDE
In which Lt. Al Wheeler must discover--
--who blew up Georgia Brown before she could reveal the secrets of the 3-year-old filmland suicide of Lee Manning
--the four names Georgia was going to reveal on the Paula Reid show and what do they have to do with Manning's death
--the secret the four have in common that is now causing their sudden and untimely deaths
Review Quotes
"...a gripping short read...Al Wheeler is hilarious with his endless sarcasm, never completely in control but somehow being three steps in front of the bad guys and the reader. This is absolutely entertaining and a must read."--Paperback Warrior
"Heavy on action and playful repartee, and chock-full of trigger-happy gangsters and 'well-stacked' dames, these three entertaining tales of murder and mayhem from the pen of Down Under's prince of pulp are interesting relics from Australia's publishing boom time."--Nicholas Litchfield, Lancashire Post
"These are all tightly written tales...plenty of action and the plots are straightforward fast reading, laced with humor...a solid collection of stories from a prolific author."--Ted Hertel, Deadly Pleasures
