Gumshoe

Missing for nine days: the mayor and district attorney of Reno, Nevada. Their vehicles were found parked side-by-side at Reno-Tahoe International airport. Did they fly somewhere together? They aren't on any flight manifests. Did they take off with a big pile of the city's money? If so, city accountants can't find it. Were they murdered? There's no sign of foul play. Their disappearances have finally made national news. Enter Mort Angel, 41, Reno's newest gumshoe, a...
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Missing for nine days: the mayor and district attorney of Reno, Nevada. Their vehicles were found parked side-by-side at Reno-Tahoe International airport. Did they fly somewhere together? They aren't on any flight manifests. Did they take off with a big pile of the city's money? If so, city accountants can't find it. Were they murdered? There's no sign of foul play. Their disappearances have finally made national news. Enter Mort Angel, 41, Reno's newest gumshoe, a private-eye-in-training at his nephew's investigative firm. Just four hours into his new career, Mort finds the mayor---dead, and in the trunk of his ex-wife's Mercedes. Did Mort kill the mayor? Did Mort's ex? A news-hungry nation wants to know. As events begin to spin out of control, Mort realizes things have been out of control since the night before he started his new career, the night he found the unknown naked blond in his bed . . .