Columbo: Grassy Knoll by William Harrington

Author:William Harrington [Harrington, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780812530247
Amazon: 0812530241
Barnesnoble: 0812530241
Goodreads: 1706599
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 1993-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

3

Columbo didn’t have a radio in his car, so he stopped at the country club desk and asked for a pay phone. The woman behind the desk looked him up and down and told him, “Our guests don’t use pay telephones, sir. Telephone carrel number three is not occupied. You may make your call from there.”

Columbo walked inside the little room and closed the door. He picked up the telephone and dialed headquarters. When the operator answered, he asked for Records.

“Records.”

“This here’s Lieutenant Columbo, Homicide. Want ya to run a name for me. Virgil Menninger. That’s with three n's.”

“Hold on. Lieutenant.”

He glanced out through the window in the door as he listened to the clerk at Records pecking computer keys. There was an ashtray on the telephone table, complete with a book of the country club’s matches, so he lit a cigar.

“Lieutenant?”

“Yeah…”

“Menninger, Virgil C. How much do you want of this? Born 1950, Texarkana, Texas. Uh… he’s done time in Texas and Oklahoma. Theft, bunko. He’s been arrested in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Clemente, all on suspicion, dropped. That was suspicion of theft, auto once and theft, bunko twice. Last known address, Las Vegas, Nevada, where he registered for a license to work as a table man in the casinos. That was in November 1986. Clean since then. License granted. Last renewal in November ’92. Okay?”

“You have anything on his daughter? Barbara Menninger.”

“Hang on.”

Columbo smiled at a man staring at him through the door, not sure if he was curious or if he wanted the telephone. The man jerked his head around and walked on.

“Lieutenant.”

“Yeah?”

“Menninger, Barbara aka… Jesus Christ! Also known as Bobby Angela! She’s the—”

“Right. The singer.”

“Born 1973, Waco, Texas. Arrested LAPD, January 3, 1992, drunk and disorderly. Released January 4, no charge filed. No other record.”

“Well, thank ya. That’s very helpful.”

He punched in another number. Captain Sczciegel’s direct line. “How about authorizin’ travel to Las Vegas, Captain? Huh? Well, you know, I thought I’d go over, take in a coupla shows, try my luck at the tables. The Drury murder. That’s what, the Drury murder. Right. Understood. Okay, thanks. I’ll catch a flight, soon as I let my wife know I’m going.”

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