THE QUEEN ANN CAPER

Bart Miller, owner of Morning Investigations of Sacramento, gets involved with an insurance scam when a new client finds herself named in a policy that will pay her husband a million dollars after a double indemnity clause kicks in next Wednesday, Valentines Day. Queen Antoinette Margarete Goodrich is convinced that she only has five days to live and Bart falls for the case hook, line and sinker. Queen Ann drives a classic 59 Corvette and Bart tools around in Bessie, a 49 Studebaker truck, the ultimate spy machine. He soon falls in with Lieutenant Hurrains gang at the Sacramento Sheriffs Department, whos investigating a Corvette car theft ring. Barts office is full of various contraptions, gadgets and gismos. He lives in a renovated fire station, has a fetish for the unusual and things with motors. He loves his .45 Peacemaker, likes the numbers, spiked coffee, liquor, talks to his subconscious, lives the life of leisure and truly enjoys his women. This established gumshoe is something else! His cell phone played Im in the Mood. Whats happened Rainbird? Are you aware its 4