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    Frank
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    Frank
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    Frank

    By Steve Hockensmith

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    Frank is a long-retired police detective with a new mystery to solve: Is someone stealing mundane things like toothpaste and dishwashing liquid from his neighbor? With his memory failing, he can’t be sure there have actually been any crimes...or that he’s not committing them himself!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateJul 9, 2022
    ISBN9781479466160
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      Frank - Steve Hockensmith

      Table of Contents

      COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

      FRANK, by Steve Hockensmith

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

      Copyright © 2012 by Steve Hockensmith.

      Originally published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 2012.

      Published by Wildside Press, LLC.

      wildsidepress.com | bcmystery.com

      FRANK,

      by Steve Hockensmith

      A sunny day

      The old lady was talking to him about toothpaste, and he didn’t know why.

      I always buy Colgate. Always. I’m very loyal, she said. And I get it in the big tubes. Economy size. It’s just me here, my Perry passed five years ago, but still—you know you’ll use it all eventually, right? A penny saved, that’s my way. But would you look at this?

      The woman held up a small, half-flattened tube of toothpaste. It looked strangely familiar.

      This was in my medicine cabinet this morning, she said. A dinky little Crest. Now I ask you: Have I ever bought Crest? Ever?

      She really seemed to expect an answer.

      He had no idea who she was. He looked around the room,

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