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Murder on Wheels (Library of Crime Classics)
Murder on Wheels - Library of Crime Classics Author:Stuart Palmer Rush hour was a real killer. On Fifth Avenue, right in front of the lions of the New York City Public Library, an open blue Chrysler roadster had come to rest with its front end inextricably entangled with the fender of a taxi. — Officer Doody swore and walked over to the Chrysler. That was the moment when this accident began to be different from... more » all other accidents. No one was behind the wheel of the roadster. In fact, there wasn't anybody in the car at all.
The driver of the wounded taxi pointed up the avenue to a spot across 42nd Street. Something lay quietly and still -- something vaguely resembled a sack and was not, which was, in reality, the body of a big young man with fair hair. But this was no traffic accident. Around the neck was a noose of hempen rope.
"Suicide," said Inspector Oscar Piper. "Murder," said Miss Hildegarde Withers.