42 Days For Murder

42 Days For Murder (1938) - It takes six weeks or 42 days to get a quickie divorce in Reno. A lot can happen in 42 days. Private detective Shean Connell is hired to clear up a divorce case in Reno, Nevada, a wide-open little town rife with an assortment of gangsters and politicians running the gambling, prostitution, dope, and, of course, "easy divorce" rackets. 42 Days For Murder was the only full length novel that Roger Torrey ever wrote. It was originally published in 1938.