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The Man Who Led A Dream Life (Stewart Hoag Mysteries)
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Stewart Hoag And His New Bride Dive Into Married Life With The Discovery Of A Murdered Millionaire In This Mystery From Early In The CrimeSolving Career Of The AuthorSleuth.January 1983: Stewart Hoagy Hoag Is Getting Married To The Love Of His Life Merilee At New York City Hall. HoagyS College Chum, Ezra Spooner, Stands Up For Him. MerileeS Lovely Cousin, Phoebe, Stands Up For Her. And Their Young Basset Hound Lulu Stands Up For Both Of Them. After They Say I Do And Pop Open The Dom Perignon, Phoebe Somberly Announces That She And Her Husband, The Legendary Adventurer And Old Money MultiMillionaire Junior Singleton, Are Now Officially Divorced.Junior Leads What Most Men Would Consider A Dream Life. He Has Climbed Mount Everest Twice, Captained His Yacht To An AmericaS Cup Victory, Raced Formula One Ferraris In Europe, Surfed The Most Dangerous Maui Waves, And Slept With As Many Women As He Chose To Despite Being Married To Sweet And Gentle Phoebe, Who Works As A Music Teacher And Plays Violin In A Chamber Music Quartet. The Pair Could Not Be More Different, And Most Of Their Friends Predicted The Marriage WouldnT Last. They Were Right. Phoebe Is Done Putting Up With JuniorS Constant Absence And Compulsive Philandering. SheS Not Even Asking For Much Of His Fortune In The DivorceJust $1 Million And Their Gorgeous Townhouse In The East Sixties, Which She Intends To Sell. In Fact, SheD Love To Sell It To Hoagy And Merilee.The Newlyweds Agree To Tour The Home And Find That ItS Almost Exactly What TheyRe Looking For: ThereS A Fabulous Gourmet Kitchen, A Paneled Office Where Hoagy Can Write, A Garden Where Lulu Can Romp, A Luxurious Master Suite With His And Hers Dressing Rooms. The Only DrawbackAnd ItS A Mighty Big OneIs That They Find Junior Dead On The Floor Of His Dressing Room With A Rosewood Handled Claude Dozorme Steak Knife Plunged Into His Left Eyeball.Who Would Want To Kill Junior Singleton? Plenty Of People, As It Turns Out. JuniorS Autopsy Reveals That He Was HivPositive, Which Means Any Of The Women With Whom He Had Unprotected Sex Have Been Exposed To The Deadly Aids VirusIncluding The HotShot Realtor Siena Bing Who Was Supposed To Be Helping Them Sell The House. And ThatS Just The Start Of The Suspect List. As The NypdS Top Homicide Lieutenant, Meyer Golden, Pursues The Case He Finds It Unfolding In Several Different Directions, And Hoagy, Who Possesses Not Only Amazing Insights Into The Criminal Mind But Also A Gifted ShortLegged Partner, Gets Drawn Deeper And Deeper Into The Fascinating And Utterly Bizarre World Of New York CityS Elite.
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