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Wife or Death / The Golden Goose (Signet Double Mysteries)
Wife or Death / The Golden Goose - Signet Double Mysteries Author:Ellery Queen Wife or Death - Angel was a voluptuous child-woman, bouncing in and out of every bed in town, until she landed in the wrong one and found death was her lover. Now the town that had played voyeur to her indiscretions pounces upon Angel's husband, Jim, branding him cuckold and killer and screaming for blood. But wha... more »t can Jim do when even the DA, last in a parade of Angel's lovers, is out to pin the murder on him? He has to find the one who played Angel false or let an avenging Angel cheat him again. Only this time he might pay with his life!
The Golden Goose - Old Slater O'Shea, the golden goose, was ruler of a peculiar roost. A gaggle of free-loading O'Sheas were lazing around the mansion, letting Slater foot the bills, while they waited for him to die and leave them his money. But Uncle Slater was in fine health, and someone got tired of waiting. When Slater went upstairs for a little nip before his nap, his bottle of bourbon was labeled "Rest in Peace". It was up to Cibola City's finest to find out who'd cooked Uncle Slater's goose... before the charming O'Sheas could play any more gruesome games in their battle for the goose's gold.« less