Carter Brown

The Unorthodox Corpse / Death on the Downbeat / The Blonde Carter Brown

THE UNORTHODOX CORPSE



In which Lt. Al Wheeler must figure out--

--who stuck in the knife in the back of one of the students at an all-girls school during a magic show

--whether The Great Mephisto is really victim number two or is just faking his own death

--what the victims have in common when another student is found with a knife in her back, too.



DEATH ON THE DOWNBEAT



In which Lt. Al Wheeler must solve--

--a murder in a jazz club that happens on the stage in front of everyone, but without a killer, or a weapon

--the reason behind this crazy killing of the hophead son of a local newspaper tycoon

--the mystery of Midnight O'Hara, sultry singer and owner of the nightclub, who may not be as innocent as she seems.



THE BLONDE



In which Lt. Al Wheeler must discover--

--who blew up Georgia Brown before she could reveal the secrets of the 3-year-old filmland suicide of Lee Manning

--the four names Georgia was going to reveal on the Paula Reid show and what do they have to do with Manning's death

--the secret the four have in common that is now causing their sudden and untimely deaths