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A pet-shop owner is killed in his store, and Mr. and Mrs. North take it personallyA smart businessman would never think to open a pet shop in the inconspicuous patch of Greenwich Village known as West Kepp Street, but J. K. Halder isn’t here to make money. A millionaire animal lover, he keeps the shop as a hobby, even though it’s fate hangs perpetually in the balance. As it happens, Halder won’t see it through the end. He has just opened the shop for the day when his final customer show more enters. Halder knows the visitor by sight, and he also knows that nothing he can say will save his life. There are dozens of witnesses to the murder, but luckily for the killer, animals don’t talk.
It will take a peculiar kind of detective to unravel this unusual murder, and there’s no sleuth more peculiar than Pamela North. She and her husband love animals nearly as much as Halder did, and they’ll go to any length to avenge his death.
Murder in a Hurry is the 14th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. show less
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J.K. Halder, a serious curmudgeon, owns a run-down pet shop in post-war Greenwich Village. That is, until he’s poisoned and stuffed into one of the shop’s animal pens. Commercial artist Liza O’Brien only knows the man as her new boyfriend’s father, but after finding the corpse, Liza discovers that Halder was a multi-millionaire misanthrope with a dysfunctional family he loathed. It turns out he abruptly left a family dinner he himself had arranged, and was killed in the wee hours that night. Who murdered a man poised to change his will? Sound cliché? Not in the deft hands of authors Frances and Richard Lockridge!
Pam and Jerry North become involved early in this very fine 14th novel in this stellar series — although Sergeant show more Mullins insists that every case they assist with becomes “screwy.” Mullins has no objections this time, he admits, as “…it’s already a screwy [case]. As soon as I saw the set-up, I says to myself, it’s a screwy one, so —” may as well invite the Norths! As always, the Lockridges sprinkle this murder mystery with lots of humor and clever badinage along with a great plot, characters and twists. You can’t go wrong with this sleuthing couple, or any Lockridge novel, for that matter. show less
Pam and Jerry North become involved early in this very fine 14th novel in this stellar series — although Sergeant show more Mullins insists that every case they assist with becomes “screwy.” Mullins has no objections this time, he admits, as “…it’s already a screwy [case]. As soon as I saw the set-up, I says to myself, it’s a screwy one, so —” may as well invite the Norths! As always, the Lockridges sprinkle this murder mystery with lots of humor and clever badinage along with a great plot, characters and twists. You can’t go wrong with this sleuthing couple, or any Lockridge novel, for that matter. show less
This is #15 in the Mr.& Mrs. North mystery series! Enjoyable murder mystery in the style of Nick & Nora from Dashiell Hammett
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Richard Orson Lockridge was born on September 26, 1898 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was a writer of detective fiction. Along with his wife Francis, Richard Lockridge created the famous American mystery series, Mr. and Mrs, North. Lockridge was educated at the University of Missouri. He began working as a reporter on the Kansas City Kansan and the show more Kansas City Star. In 1932, Lockridge published his first book, Darling of Misfortune: Edwin Booth: 1833-1893. In 1937, Frances Lockridge conceived the plot for a detective novel, but had problems with her characters. Richard Lockridge collaborated with his wife, using her plot and the characters he had created earlier for a series of comic sketches in The New Yorker, Mr. and Mrs. North. The book was published in 1940 as The Norths Meet Murder, launching a series of twenty-six novels, which was adapted for the stage, film, radio, and television. The Lockridge's went on to write several mystery series including Lt. Heimrich series, Nathan Shapiro series and Paul Lane series. Richard Lockridge died in 1982 after s series of strokes. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Murder in a Hurry
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- 1950
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- Co-written by Richard Lockridge
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