Saturday, May 01, 2021

Sly lawyers' methods

     "I don't think that trail leads anywhere. Hubert was at the movie when the murder was committed, with the stupid but estimable Aunt Abbie. But I think I know - "

    Miss Withers stopped bustling about with her broom. "You mean?"

    "I mean the brotehr of Dana Waverly, that's who I mean. Charles Waverly, the distant relative and next male heir of the Stait family. He's a lawyer, and therefore in a position to know just what loot there would be in the Stait future."

    "Lawyers usually have better ways of getting loot than committing murder for it, " Miss Withers suggested dryly. "They play it safe, as a rule."

(from Murder On Wheels, by Stuart Palmer)

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