The April Fools' Day Murder
“I had a terrible time finding a place to park, eventually sliding into a metered space on Broadway as a car pulled out. I fed the meter all it would take, which gave me an hour, and hoped I could conclude my conversation with Harry in that length of time.He was expecting me and buzzed me into the lobby a second after I rang his bell. There were strange food smells in the hall and I wondered what ethnic background they represented. You could probably write a history of New York on the kitchen smells of its apartments.Harry opened his door and ushered me in. It was a dark apartment and he didn’t turn any lights on. The furniture had become shabby over the many years it had been in the living room. I imagined that when his wife died, the apartment simply froze. He would never change anything.“So what can I do for you?” he said when we were sitting.“Harry, you’re not going to believe this, but I found Will’s first wife.”“Amelia? No kidding. How’d you do that?”I told him and he seemed impr...essed.“Now refresh my memory,”MoreLess
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