The Lydecker Mysteries |
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| Author:
| Cheevers, William |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4927-3732-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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Frank Lydecker is a Chicago police detective turned private investigator in the tough guy tradition tempered by a rigid loyalty to friendship and a penchant for diners, old buildings and streetcars. Here are five stories from Lydecker's casebook in the transitional world of the 1950s. Who is recruiting young men to die in a string of bank robberies? What happened to a phonograph record purported to be a voice recording of Mark Twain? The motive for stealing an antique wardrobe is...
More DescriptionFrank Lydecker is a Chicago police detective turned private investigator in the tough guy tradition tempered by a rigid loyalty to friendship and a penchant for diners, old buildings and streetcars. Here are five stories from Lydecker's casebook in the transitional world of the 1950s. Who is recruiting young men to die in a string of bank robberies? What happened to a phonograph record purported to be a voice recording of Mark Twain? The motive for stealing an antique wardrobe is extortion or insurance fraud. Or is it? Why has a rare 1849 gold coin not been seen in decades? Did Rhonda Shaw execute her father to avenge her mother's death or is there another more complex reason?