A Benny Cooperman Mystery Series by Howard Engel
A Benny Cooperman Mystery #1
The Suicide Murders
Howard Engel
"Meet Benny Cooperman, a Jewish private eye from--of all places--Grantham, Ontario,a small, rather dilapidated industrial town not far from Niagara Falls. Business hasn't been too good lately, but it begins to puck up when the attractive wife of a local real estate operator, Chester Yates, hires him to run a check on her husband. Benny quickly closes the case when he discovers the seemingly innocent cause of Mrs. Yates' worries; closes it, that is, until later that evening when he is stunned to hear that Chester Yates has committed suicide. Or is it suicide? Why would a man buy a bicycle two hours before shooting himself in the head? Benny starts to investigate and finds himself unraveling a complex web involving a mysterious psychiatrist, shady eminent citizens, and soon a few more suicides--or murders..........................."
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