Mum's the word in this 12th mystery with Sloan and Crosby.  Lucy Durmast has been indicted for murder but she won't talk.  Instead, she spends time in jail; she doesn't seem to want her father called back from his job in Africa.  Instead, she sits quietly behind bars while Sloan and Crosby rework the case.  It seems to be a simple open-and-shut case, but is it?

Crosby tries to get himself and Sloan killed on the roads with his fast driving.  On everything else, Crosby is slow.  In spite of Crosby's help, Sloan is able to find the solution.

 Sloan and Crosby Mystery
1. TheReligious Body (1966)
2.Henrietta Who? (1968) 
3. TheComplete Steel (1969)   aka The Stately Home Murder
4. A LatePhoenix (1970)  
5. HisBurial Too (1973)
  
6. SlightMourning (1975) 
7. Parting Breath (1977) 
8. Some Die Eloquent (1979) 
9. Passing Strange (1980) 
10. LastRespects (1982)
  
11. Harm's Way (1984)
** 12. A Dead Liberty (1986) 

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