Deader Than A Coffin Nail

Third McTrite Mystery. This multi-plotted PI Adventure is packed with action. McTrite moves his office to a prestigious address uptown New Orleans and hires Deloris Pillsbury, a youthful, attractive assistant. McTrite looks back at actions relating to solving the Vieux Carré (French Quarter) Pillow Strangler Copycat Murder and his adroitness in tracking down waitress and friend Cleo Potter’s worthless husband who abandoned her and the two kids. The chase takes him to Biloxi and Las Vegas. The copycat murderer will come as a complete surprise. In the here and now narrative, a near deathly boat collision results in the discovery of a Ball canning jar in Lake Pontchartrain. It contains an introductory letter, will, two maps and a key. This discovery takes him to London and Paris and London again to prevent the murder of the benefactor of the will. I’ve thrown in the Coca-Cola stock caper for good measure. Oh! Yes! He attends his class reunion. It’s comical till he's almost murdered.