Accent on Murder

Captain Heimrich teams up with a professor to teach a killer a lesson in this mystery from the authors of the "excellent" Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker).

Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there's no lead the intrepid investigator won't follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . .

When Walter Brinkley—professor emeritus of English literature—throws a cocktail party for newlywed friend Paul Craig an...