Let Dead Enough Alone

Captain Heimrich resolves to get to the bottom of a New Year's drowning 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 . . .

A New Year's Eve party should be filled with champagne, laughter, and the good company of others. And the Halley's ce...