Down for the Count: a Toby Peters Mystery (Book Ten)
“Plaut’s Boarding House on Heliotrope in Hollywood, where I rented a small, less than luxury room. Since I didn’t want a luxury room, I didn’t mind putting up with Mrs. Plaut, about whom more anon. I got that “anon” from my next-door neighbor Gunther, who happens to be a midget. Gunther is my friend, has been since I helped get him off a murder charge back in 1940. Gunther had gotten me into Mrs. Plaut’s at a time when rooms were hard to come by. Now they were impossible to find.
The house was d...ark when I walked up the gray wooden front steps. I had found a parking space across the street, a little close to a driveway, but what the hell. Somewhere far away a dog was whimpering.
I let myself in, took off my shoes, and tiptoed across the creaking floor toward the stairs. Mrs. Plaut was several thousand years old, had been for generations. She was almost deaf though she had the senses of a movie Indian. She felt every vibration in the house. Getting past her, day or night, was a challenge I had seldom met.MoreLess
The house was d...ark when I walked up the gray wooden front steps. I had found a parking space across the street, a little close to a driveway, but what the hell. Somewhere far away a dog was whimpering.
I let myself in, took off my shoes, and tiptoed across the creaking floor toward the stairs. Mrs. Plaut was several thousand years old, had been for generations. She was almost deaf though she had the senses of a movie Indian. She felt every vibration in the house. Getting past her, day or night, was a challenge I had seldom met.MoreLess
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