The Face In The Basement Window

Prominent Queens defense attorney Sid Weinstein sat watching television on a quiet summer evening, sharing a bowl of popcorn with his daughter Barbara the night before her thirteenth birthday when two masked gunmen stormed into his home, pistol-whipped him, and dragged Barbara outside to a waiting van never to be seen or heard from again.

Information was scarce except for a vague description of the gunmen. Were they disgruntled clients or sexual deviates who'd had their eyes of Barbara for a...