A morning phone call launches Ace Edwards, Dallas PI, into his most convoluted case. Douglas Isendorf the Third is murdered, and his father, the Texas hardware king, is in a rage. Jasmine Loverly, Ace's client and Doug's live-in girlfriend (or is she his wife?) is suspect number one. A lack of physical evidence has homicide Lieutenant Clint Ravel in a bind while city hall hounds him for an arrest. Kit Levitt, Ace's female compatriot, is out of town, however he still has his two cats, his computer buddy, and his ...
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A morning phone call launches Ace Edwards, Dallas PI, into his most convoluted case. Douglas Isendorf the Third is murdered, and his father, the Texas hardware king, is in a rage. Jasmine Loverly, Ace's client and Doug's live-in girlfriend (or is she his wife?) is suspect number one. A lack of physical evidence has homicide Lieutenant Clint Ravel in a bind while city hall hounds him for an arrest. Kit Levitt, Ace's female compatriot, is out of town, however he still has his two cats, his computer buddy, and his septuagenarian neighbor. How can he miss with such assistance? Ace's path leads from Dallas to Grand Saline and Fruitvale, TX into the arms of Vickie Loverly, Jasmine's mother. At the same time, he discovers that Douglas Isendorf the Second has a side not shown to others. His change of mind puts Ace in his employment to prove Jasmine innocent. Ace learns that Lawrence Smallman visited Doug III in the past, accompanied by Doug's alcoholic mother. Ace uncovers a witness who places them in the neighborhood the morning of the murder. He suspects Larry's duplicity in the crime, however there is no proof. Nor can Lt. Ravel find proof, but he accepts Ace's suppositions. Ace briefs the senior Isendorf who dismisses him saying he'll handle it. Three months later, Ace reads in the Dallas newspaper that Smallman drowned in Caddo Lake. His alcohol level was well beyond the legal limit. There were no witnesses.
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