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�The grand dame of mystery mixed with screwball comedy� introduces her popular, sharp-witted Chicago lawyer/sleuth (Ed Gorman, Ellery Queen Award�winning author). John J. Malone, defender of the guilty, is notorious for getting his culpable clients off. It�s the innocent ones who are problems. Like Holly Inglehart, accused of piercing the black heart of her well-heeled and tyrannical aunt Alexandria with a lovely Florentine paper cutter. No one who knew the old battle-ax liked her, but Holly�s prints were found on the murder weapon. Plus, she had a motive: She was about to be disinherited for marrying a common bandleader. With each new lurid headline, Holly�s friends and supporters start to rally. There�s North Shore debutante Helene Brand; Holly�s groom�s press agent, Jake Justus; the madam of a local brothel, and Alexandria�s hand-wringing servants. But not one of them can explain the queerest bent to the crime: At the time of the murder, every clock in the Inglehart mansion stopped dead. And that�s only the first twist in a baffling case of �aunty-cide��because Alexandria won�t be the last to die. Making his debut in this fun and funny novel, Craig Rice�s one-of-a-kind Chicago attorney is �an inspired creation . . . an unapologetic champion of the defense bar . . . a defender of the guilty whose contempt for society outstrips his contempt for criminals� (Jon L. Breen, Edgar Award�winning author). Eight Faces at Three is the 1st book in the John J. Malone Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.