Please tell Mrs. Reese that if she ever visits Britain to be sure to stop by Lancashire.
With regards,
Inspector Reginald Cropsey, Lancs. Constabulary
That night we went out as a sort of celebration. Harry was quite generous in his praise, and I reciprocated by pointing out it was the tontine that proved the crux of the matter.
“But what was your question, Emmie?”
“I asked the Inspector what became of Mr. Brinker. I thought that if he had in fact existed, he might have been a member of the tontine. And if he were imaginary, the reason for his invention might provide a solution.”
That spring, I was called on to help with the case in which Harry was then involved. And M. E. Meegs took a well-deserved holiday.
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The End
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The Harry Reese Mysteries
A Charm of Powerful Trouble
Kalorama Shakedown
Crossings
Always a Cold Deck
Emmie Reese Mystery Short Stories
Psi no more…
Hidden Booty
The Birth of M.E. Meegs
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Characters, etc.
Joseph Brayton: A member of a tontine.
Arden Coombs: A man found dead in a Lancashire canal.
Inspector Reginald Cropsey: A policeman in Lancashire.
Mr. Larabee: An authority on gambling at racetracks, poolrooms and resorts.
Mr. Leverton: An operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
M.E. Meegs: A pen name used by Emmie.
Alice Mulvihill née Hooper: Arthur's wife.
Arthur Mulvihill: A member of a tontine.
Mr. Noakes: A representative of the British Consulate in New York.
Terms
policy shop: an establishment that takes bets on numbers; an illegal lottery.
Raines Law hotel: a saloon that has added a minimum number of hotel rooms so as to circumvent the restrictions of New York State’s Raines Law, a law meant to limit the consumption of alcohol. For instance, only a hotel could sell liquor on Sunday. Raines Law hotels were often (not incorrectly) seen as friendly to prostitutes and their clients.
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