The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper
“I told Holton that when the taste of the gin had clued me, I decided to give her some real reason to be jumpy and maybe teach her that pretending to be a hooker could be a messy little game, so I had peeled her out of her dress and bra. "She put up a good fight," I said. He looked a little happier. "I see. So you made me so goddamn mad at her, I gave you an opening. You're pretty good, McGee." "If I'd known you were a member of the bar and every lunch club in town, I wouldn't have tried you. ...It was a very small opening and you carry a very damaging caliber. If you'd had the hammer back, I wouldn't have tried you. But why me? Like I told you, I never heard of the doctor." He summarized what he had been able to dig up. He had an orderly mind and professional knowledge of the rules of evidence. With Penny's help he had located two people who had seen a very tall man let himself out of Dr. Sherman's offices late Saturday night. One guessed eleven thirty. The other guessed a little after midnight.MoreLess
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