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Brookshire Times in Brookshire, Texas

20 Dec 1940

Page 15

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Brookshire Times

Location

Brookshire, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1940

Page

15

Mystery in a New York House prompts murder suspicion

David Mallory, seeking newspaper work in New York, becomes a switchboard operator at a posh apartment building run by Timothy Higgins. He encounters Agatha Paget and her niece Allegra, hears a scream from the Ferriter apartment, and discovers a dead, bearded man with no weapon. Police target Lyon Ferriter as a suspect while Agatha hires David to help uncover family secrets.

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David Mallory New York Timothy Higgins David Agatha Paget Allegra Higgins Ferriter Pagets Lyon Everett Ione Higgine Paget Lyon Ferriter Grosvenor Miss Agatha Fineman Mallory Shannon Morello Hoyt Tone Ferriter Miss Ferriter Babylon Mino's Grand Central Ferriter Flat Ione Ferriter Groovenor Jone Yone Ferriter Grove Miss Paget Riter Calvert Charles Everett Ferriter Cochrane Misa Agatha Ferriters Milligan Selatt Paget
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Price for a job and a murder case

Mallory debates joining Jerry Cochrane of the Press to crack the Morello murder. The offer promises twenty five dollars a week with fifty and a permanent role if they succeed, clashing with his loyalty to Miss Agatha and the Paget family while hints of a broader scheme surface.

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Mallory Hallman the Morello Yyy Cochrane Jerry Cochrane Press Larry Duke Shannon Asl Duke Cochrane Milligan Morello Sphere Higgins Pagets
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Paget Ancestry and Missing Weapon Spark Brooklyn Intrigue

In a New York flat, David Mallory assists Miss Agatha Paget while Lyon Ferriter’s arrest stirs tension. Shannon pursues answers, Grosvenor spirals, and Agatha guides a family history book as Allegra Paget and coauthor Everett Ferriter shape the drama.

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Night Street Pursuit After Morello Vestibule Exit

The guard leaves the Morello vestibule and a lone man awaits at the front door as I slip into the street toward the service entrance. Hunger gnaws after a day without food while thoughts of Allegra Paget and the older woman flit through my mind amid the night’s dim revelry.

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Morello Walters Shannon Allegra Paget
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