“They only sent one officer?” Roger
continued complaining. He threw his
hands up in the air. “I can’t believe
it! This is an emergency! Where’s the armada? Didn’t you hear me? There’s a dead man out back!”
The officer raised an eyebrow and did a quick study of Roger. “Well, then I guess there’s no real chance of
him getting away now, is there?”
(from A Hardboiled
Murder, by Michelle Ann Hollstein)
5½*/10. The full review is here.
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