Stand Up and Die: A Captain Heimrich Mystery (The Captain Heimrich Mysteries)

By: Richard Lockridge and Frances Lockridge

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Synopsis: From the authors of the &“excellent&” Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: The murder of a beautiful woman draws Captain Heimrich into a tangled web of secrets (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 . . . The quiet town of East Belford, New York, finds the entire ordeal of Virginia Monroe&’s violent death quite shocking. The way the stranger—a young, recently discharged marine—claims to have stumbled across the girl&’s naked and abused body seems odd indeed. After all, why was he walking down the lane in a town where he had no reason to be anyway? Captain Heimrich knows some things about Miss Monroe&’s murder don&’t quite fit, but despite pressure from the townsfolk and media, he&’s not about to arrest Timothy Gates without a thorough investigation. As he gets to know the players in the case—including the victim&’s jealous younger sister, rich invalid grandmother, and nervous fiancé—Heimrich starts to believe there&’s more to the story. But if he doesn&’t identify the culprit soon, another murder could be in East Belford&’s future . . . Stand Up and Die is the 6th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.