First Come, First Kill: A Captain Heimrich Mystery (The Captain Heimrich Mysteries)

By: Frances Lockridge and Richard Lockridge

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Synopsis: Murder follows Captain Heimrich home in this classic mystery from the authors of the &“excellent&” Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&’s no lead the intrepid investigator won&’t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . A police captain&’s driveway is the last place anyone would expect to find a dead body. But when a man who&’s been shot collapses in front of Captain Heimrich&’s wife, it seems murder has landed directly on the detective&’s doorstep. The victim turns out to be Old Tom, a vagabond who did odd jobs around the town of Van Brunt, New York. Then, a shocking truth emerges: Old Tom was T. Lyman Mitchell, a justice of the New York Supreme Court who&’s been missing for six years. Heimrich needs to figure out the reason for the justice&’s sudden reappearance in order to determine who shot him. Maybe it has to do with a criminal he once convicted. Or maybe it involves his wife, who wants to move on with a new husband. With so many avenues to investigate, Heimrich must race to find the ruthless killer before anyone else bites the bullet . . . First Come, First Kill is the 14th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.