The First Mystery Novel MEGAPACK ®: 4 Great Mystery Novels by Howard Mason & Marco Page & Harry Stephen Keeler & Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Author:Howard Mason & Marco Page & Harry Stephen Keeler & Elisabeth Sanxay Holding [Mason, Howard]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: mystery, detective, murder, sleuth, crime
ISBN: 9781479407293
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2015-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

“Call waiting for you, Mr. Blaise,” said the hotel operator. “I’ll see you later,” he said, and hung up. The phone rang again at once. It was Lieutenant Ives, calling from Paul Weldon’s studio. Blaise dressed and retrieved the car, then drove down into Hollywood.

In the studio, two men in plain clothes were methodically taking the room apart. One of them straightened up from sounding of the moulding at the floor and indicated the open bedroom door. Molly Dann, her mouth set in a sullen, suspicious line, was sitting on the bed and Lieutenant Ives was staring thoughtfully at Weldon’s secret cupboard in the night table which was yawning-wide open now.

“I located this last night,” Ives told him. “To play safe, I’m having the boys outside try for a dividend.” He bent over the opening, sniffed and beckoned to Blaise to do likewise. “Paint, isn’t it?” asked Ives.

“Sure. He had to use some extraordinary stuff and that’s probably where he kept it.”

“There was this, too,” said Ives, exhibiting a narrow band of paper with the words “Inland Bank & Trust” poorly printed, and in a neat, clerical hand, “$1,000” written in pencil.

“The girl says he told her he had some money.” Blaise turned to Molly, and she nodded listlessly. “That’s what he said. He wanted me to go away with him and he said he had money. More than I thought he had, that was what he said.” She shrugged her smooth bare shoulders. “I didn’t give a damn, but that’s what he said.” She looked at Blaise. “I guess you think I’m rough on boyfriends.” She laughed cynically. “A date with me is a short cut to Forest Lawn.”

“I’m sorry, Molly,” Blaise told her sincerely.

“He tells me”—she pointed to Ives—“that Paul left a will. I inherit all he had. How do you like that?”

“I’m glad,” Blaise started to say, and then Ives cut in with, “Molly, did Weldon always work here in the studio?”

“Mostly. Sometimes he sketched up in the hills, but generally he worked here.”

“Did he ever keep you away? Were there times when he was secretive about what he was doing?”

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