The Busy Body

Donald E. Westlake
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From Kirkus: Charlie Brody is missing. And right after the organization had given him ""Not Just a send-off, a modern send-off...""an A-1 Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza of a funeral. They had also unwittingly put to rest a quarter of a million worth of heroin in Charlie's burial suit. And when Aloysius Eugene Engel, the organization's top man's right hand and reluctant grave digger finds the coffin empty it's the signal for a madcap series of events that almost make poor Aloysius a reluctant substitute for the corpse. Merriment, mayhem and a plot that really keeps you guessing...
Genres: MysteryCrimeFictionHumorAudiobookNoirHard BoiledThrillerNovels20th Century
179 Pages

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