Maybe Bricks and Lotts had drinks together, maybe they didn't. But neither one of them wore lipstick the exact shade of Cara's, the shade...

Studs recognized the two thugs at the graveyard, and later realized they had been at the hotel. But somehow the thugs were waiting for...

The scowl on Cara's face hurt Studs Fedora more than a bullet ever could...except physically. Next Chapter #murder #mystery #snapjudgment...

The police had it all: Bricks Bennett, his hired thugs, the real estate deal gone wrong. There was only one piece missing from this...

She burst through the door and flew into his arms, but the music didn't swell and the audience didn't applaud. Studs Fedora pushed Cara...

After leaving Bricks Bennett, Studs Fedora went back to his office. He wanted a drink; in fact, he wanted many drinks. But he needed to...

Bricks Bennett fell to pieces in the face of Studs Fedora's questioning. He confessed that it had happened just the way Studs figured....

However it happened, Merton Lotts went out the window. Maybe his last view was of property he owned, or maybe it was of the squalid...

Studs Fedora speculated that Bennett and Lotts met to discuss the real estate deal over cocktails--but the conversation went sour...

Studs recalled the properties Lotts had bought up before his death. He described the plot plan in the city archives, for a huge...

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In an office the polar opposite of Studs Fedora's, the high-priced receptionist gave him the cold shoulder. Studs proffered his business...

An hour later Studs Fedora marched through the doors of the downtown office building where the rich and powerful made the deals that...

Bloch, the police detective in charge of the Lotts case, listened with a patient expression, clearly waiting for Studs Fedora to run out...

The next day when Cara went out, Studs Fedora did too. He eased gingerly into his suit and made his way to one of his least favorite...

Even drowning in Cara's embrace, Studs Fedora's mind was racing. The pieces simply would not fit. But then, like a ton of building...

Cara told him to forget it. She said she cared about Studs, not the money, and then she showed him how much she cared. Studs Fedora...

The days crept by as Studs Fedora tried to put himself back together. Cara nursed him, and he nursed a bottle. And all the while he...

Studs tried to rise, and nearly screamed in agony. Al, good old Al, told him to be still and offered him a slug of bourbon. Studs...

He lay, heavily bandaged, on the billiard table of the pool hall in his building. Studs Fedora vaguely remembered being stabbed and...