THE COED MURDER CLUB. Ken Salter

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       THECOEDMURDERCLUB

      OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR

      FICTION

       Gold Fever Part One / San Francisco 1851

       Gold Fever Part Two / San Francisco 1851-1852

       Gold Fever Part Three / The Path to Civil War 1853-1860

       Dancing With The Ice Lady

       Murder In The Campanile

      NON-FICTION

       The Pentagon Papers Trial

       The Trial of Inez Garcia

       The Trial of Dan White

       THE COEDMURDERCLUB

       by

       Ken Salter

       AN R. C. BEAN MURDER MYSTERY

       REGENT PRESS

       Berkeley, California

      Copyright © 2018 by Ken Salter

      [paperback]

      ISBN 13: 978-1-58790-438-7

      ISBN 10: 1-58790-438-1

      [e-book]

      ISBN 13: 978-1-58790-440-0

      ISBN 10: 1-58790-440-3

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018938198

      The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any reference to an actual place, any similarity to real people, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author.

      Chapter heading drawings courtesy Martha McEvoy

      First Edition

      Manufactured in the U.S.A.

      REGENT PRESS

      Berkeley, California

       www.regentpress.net

      Contents

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       The Escort Murders: Prologue

       About the Author

      CHAPTER 1

      My secretary, Juanita, buzzed me on the intercom while I was trying to finish a report on a complicated skip trace investigation for an attorney client.

      “R.C., your two o’clock appointment is here. You better come quick. They’re starting to fight with each other.”

      “Damn, tell them I’ll be right there.” I sighed. I needed to finish writing the report so Juanita could type it this afternoon. I had about twenty hours of billable time in the case and I needed to get paid. Barney Schultz, my attorney client, needed the report to justify paying me. As Barney says, “No tickee, no laundry. No report, no pay.” It’s as simple as that. He’s a real tight-ass when it comes to paying for my investigation services out of retainer accounts. Even though I sublet office space from him, he won’t cut me any slack.

      I removed the cassette from the dictating machine to give to Juanita. She could type what I’d done so far. I’d have to find time to finish it later. My two o’clock clients were new and I’d already

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