The Unorthodox Corpse / Death on the Downbeat / The Blonde

THE UNORTHODOX CORPSE

 

In which Lt. Al Wheeler must figure out—

—who stuck in the knife in the back of one of the students at an all-girls school during a magic show

—whether The Great Mephisto is really victim number two or is just faking his own death

—what the victims have in common when another student is found with a knife in her back, too.

 

DEATH ON THE DOWNBEAT

 

In which Lt. Al Wheeler must solve—

—a murder in a jazz club that happens on the stage in front of everyone, but without a killer, or a weapon

—the reason behind this crazy killing of the hophead son of a local newspaper tycoon

—the mystery of Midnight O’Hara, sultry singer and owner of the nightclub, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

 

THE BLONDE

 

In which Lt. Al Wheeler must discover—

—who blew up Georgia Brown before she could reveal the secrets of the 3-year-old filmland suicide of Lee Manning

—the four names Georgia was going to reveal on the Paula Reid show and what do they have to do with Manning’s death

—the secret the four have in common that is now causing their sudden and untimely deaths