Book Preview The Day After New Year’s Day Reception given by Taddeus Czernick, who was the police commissioner of the City of Philadelphia was considered by Staff Inspector Peter F. Wohl as a lousy idea whose time had unfortunately come. New Year’s Eve is not a popular festive occasion so far as the police of … Read more
Book Preview On the train from New York to Philadelphia, Charles read Time and Victor read The Post. Charles was thirty-three but could have passed for twenty-five. Victor was thirty-five, but his male pattern baldness made him look older. They were both dressed neatly in business suits, with white button-down shirts and rep-striped neckties. Both … Read more
Book Preview Mary Elizabeth Flannery first came to the attention of the Police Department of the City of Philadelphia at 9:21 p.m., June 29, 1973, when an unidentified civilian called the Police Emergency number and reported that as she and her husband had been driving through Fairmount Park, going down Bell’s Mill Road toward Chestnut … Read more
Book Preview I think I am, the long-haired, long-legged blonde thought, torn between excitement and alarm, about to have my first affair with a married man. Her name was Louise Dutton, and she pursed her lips thoughtfully and cocked her head unconsciously to one side as she considered that improbable likelihood. She was at the … Read more