Short Stories
Here are a couple of stories to whet your appetite for reading the rest of Dick Thrust's adventures in Farewell My Sweet.
Bugsy Capone is a big time gangster but his daughter hates him and keeps running away. He hires Dick Thrust to find her and persuade her to come home. The catch is that she has to believe it is her decision.
Mister Granger goes out every Friday. He claims to be taking Spanish lessons but his wife thinks he's having an affair so she hires Dick Thrust to find out. What Mister Granger does every Friday turns out to be a little surprising.
Mrs Barbini's adult daughter Claudia has run away from home. The police are not interested because she is old enough to look after herself and has left a note. However there is something about Claudia that her mother is keeping secret which makes it important that Dick Thrust tracks her down quickly.
The favourites at the Hollywood Park racetrack keep pulling up for no obvious reason and a fake medium is trying to defraud a women of her house. Two cases for Dick Thrust to tackle.
Dick Thrust is keeping safe an envelope for Daisy Dukakis. When he tries to return it he finds she has disappeared but some other people seem to be anxious to get hold of it.
