The man from nowhere
1970
First Published
3.14
Average Rating
320
Number of Pages
Freelance insurance investigator Jake Dekker stands to make one hundred thousand dollars if he can prove that Walter Thoren, model citizen, killed himself. Thoren, wealthy and eminently respectable - died in a car crash only a few days after his huge life insurance policy came into effect. The Guaranty Life Insurance Co have hired Dekker to establish suicide before the widow's suit for payment comes to trial.
Avg Rating
3.14
Number of Ratings
14
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Author
Stanley Ellin
Author · 14 books
Stanley Bernard Ellin was a mystery writer of short stories and novels. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award three times and the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere once, and in 1981 he was awarded with the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
