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Murder for profit haunts a decorator’s scheme
In a tense plan to redecorate a staged apartment, Freddy, Mack, and Anson Block navigate a convoluted inheritance plot. They suspect Mrs. Randolph and her niece Sheila Devers, a Columbia senior, of murder in a bid to gain nearly one million dollars. Freddy probes Ella May Longworth, a Georgia schoolteacher, as a potential second suspect, while Willowby gathers unseen clues.
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Block & Block
Herbert Randolph
Mack
Anson Block
Freddy
Mrs. Randolph
Mr. Block
Willowby
Columbia University
Museum of Natural History
Sheila Devers
Georgia
Lizzie Borden
Ella May Longworth
Farrington
Randolph