Dead Beat Daddio

By richard schneck

Brilliant detective Arthur Garnet retired young. At the height of his fame, he quit.

But his idyllic country living was interrupted in the heat wave of '74. Unable to think clearly in the heat, he jumped at the first chance to get out of it. But he jumped too soon.

Right into the fire.

See what happens when a gifted sleuth, who swore he would never solve another case, is confronted with one anyway.

If you like detective tales, pick up a copy of "Dead Beat Daddio".

• Language: English
• Publisher: richard schneck
• Release date: Apr 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393476900

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Dead Beat Daddio

Richard Schneck

Contents

Dead Beat Daddio

Afterword

About the Author

Dead Beat Daddio

Let’s get the crap out of the way. K?

My name is Arthur Garnet. Yes, that Arthur Garnet. That’s french by the way. You don’t pronounce it as you would the gem stone, the second syllable is accented. Although you do pronounce the t. Sorry to bore you with this stuff but it really pisses me off that people get that wrong.

I was a private detective for a few years. How many doesn’t matter. That’s how most people know of me. I had solved some really high profile cases and made the papers almost weekly through the end of the 60’s. The point is I quit all that. I had made enough money to get by the rest of my life by just selling my crafts and doing occasional consulting work.

Not fucking detective work, I was done