Paper chase,

Jesse Falkenstein #7

by Lesley Egan

Harper & Row, Copyright 1972, Author, Lesley Egan, Without Dust jacket, last owner's name stamped in front of book, otherwise clean book without marks, total pages 216

Genres: Mystery

233 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

A pseudonym used by Elizabeth Linington.

Reviews

[George · Rating 4 out of 5]

Low key, enjoyable mystery with a bit of humor set in Los Angeles. Features a police detective sergeant, his lawyer brother-in-law and a Sherlock Holmes type helper who solve the mysteries. Story revolves around two mysteries: the murder of the lawyer's unappreciated secretary who turns out to be much more than he suspected and a person who has been kidnapping, robbing and beating up up middle aged women and dumping them some where. The best character in the story who steals the story is Sally.

[Patti · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun detective/mystery written in 1972. The story line was fast paced, but what I liked most about the book was the difference in police/detective procedure 43 years ago compared with today.