By Brett Halliday
The honeymoon is over—and it’s time for Mike Shayne to arrange for Miami’s killing season
For years, Mike Shayne has tangled with the hardest crooks the rustic has to supply, outsmarting a few and outpunching the remaining. He was once solid at his task, yet he had not anyone to come back domestic to—until he met Phyllis. After rescuing his damsel in misery greater than as soon as, the hard-boiled PI discovered himself falling in love, and earlier than he knew it, they have been married and on their honeymoon in Cuba. regrettably for the lovebirds, their migration domestic to Miami marks the peak of vacationer season, whilst each gangster in the United States travels south to play. He could be a married guy, yet Mike Shayne won’t be spending this balmy wintry weather cozied up at home.
while a real-estate developer attempts to rent Shayne to wreck into his domestic as a part of an insurance-fraud rip-off, the scheme speedy turns to homicide. With extra deaths at the horizon, Shayne should be cautious if he doesn’t are looking to rejoice his first marriage ceremony anniversary in the back of bars.
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Dr Allen sported new glasses and a salon haircut. Finally having arrived at an age that matched his serious nature, he was beginning to find a look that he felt comfortable with: stylish academic. She had never asked him if he was married but she assumed not, and guessed that the subtle makeover was part of his strategy to remedy the situation. He looked up from the bound notebook in which he made his precise longhand notes. ' He smiled. ' She felt a rush of electricity travel up her spine and she almost said it; almost confessed that her father had told her that Katy was a first cousin, his brother's little girl.
Just tell me what she said, [suspect covers face with hands] DI G: Come on, Paul. Let's hear it. ' And that's when I picked up a knife from the counter and stuck it in her, right there, in the chest. DI G: How many times? [suspect shakes his head] DI G: What did you do then? PC: I ran out of that house. I ran away from there. DI G: What did you do with the knife? PC: Threw it away. DI G: Where? Where did you throw it? [suspect shakes his head, breaking down into tears] The last document in the file was a report from the court- appointed psychiatrist, Dr Helen Graham, who said she had examined Craven on three separate occasions during his remand.
He kept his eyes trained on the centre of her face. He was making her nervous. 'How is your relationship with your son? ' 'For the time being. ' She sounded like a fraud and could tell that he saw straight through her. ' 'We've both been rather busy. He works in the day and has to study at night. I barely get an evening to myself . ' 'So neither of you feels the need to make the effort? ' Declared himself. Where did he get these phrases from? Jenny shrugged. ' Dr Allen nodded, as if she had confirmed his theory.