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Murder Pro Bono
The Family is a group of homeless people living under a bridge in Honolulu. When they discover a murder victim, Dick and George of the Payne and Clark Detective Agency reluctantly agree to take on the case pro bono and clear them of suspicion.
But, where is the money belt and the hundred thousand dollars the corpse was wearing? Who are the men in long black Cadillacs suddenly following Dick and George? When the family disappears, Lt. Cochran of the Honolulu police wants to arrest Dick and George for hiding them.
Maggie the receptionist is on the trail of the family when another horribly brutal murder is discovered, this one apparently committed by the family, so Maggie is in danger. Then Family takes on a whole new meaning when the Mafia gets involved and threatens Dick and George with slow painful deaths.
They chase bad guys, and now six million dollars, from Las Vegas to Guam.
Acknowledgements
I have a faithful cadre of first readers, editors, commenters, and general critics that includes professional editors and authors. No one can edit their own material. You read what you thought you wrote or what you intended to write, and that may not be at all what is on the paper.
My cadre not only guards against that sort of error, and find the typos, but they bring a wide variety of experiences to the process. While I write about places I’ve been and things I have done, a variety of viewpoints can always add.
Editors include Joann Condit and C.J. Seidlitz; authors are Bill Marsik, Ivan Pierce, Gale Gill, Marjory Dobbin, and Joanne Taylor Moore.
And, any married person who writes a book must be forever indebted to a supportive and long suffering spouse. My lovely young wife Deborah makes writing possible and life a pleasure.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to the staff of KUAM, AM, FM, TV on Guam. I spent two memorable years as the engineer for those stations and met a group of remarkable people. My wife, Deborah and I loved the island. Snorkeling in the lagoons was world class. We picked bananas, papayas, limes, avocados growing wild in the jungles, and tropical flora doesn’t get any better. Orchids on Guam grew like dandelions in Seattle, but it was the people we met there that made the experience so memorable.
Many old Hollywood movies featured lawn parties, and I had supposed they were imaginary until we attended some Chamorro weddings and fiestas. Dancing till dawn under tropical stars with a choice of three live bands was the way of life. And, no where else has cooking and sauces with lemon juice been raised to a fine art form.
Unfortunately we went there on a two-year contract and as the contract was ending, the ABC affiliate in Hawaii was making us offers that we could not refuse. Reluctantly we left, but shall always cherish the memories and the friends on Guam.
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