Sham Shamus

<p class=ql-align-center>THE SHAM SHAMUS</p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>Synopsis</strong></p><p>When private investigator Eric Henderson saw the picture of the man he was being hired to find his self-confidence vanished like a wallet on a park bench.</p><p>He was being asked to find himself.</p><p></p><p>It would never have happened if Henderson hadn't been living the ultimate identity crisis. The macho and cynical detective was sharing his life - and his body - with haphazard idealist Nick Norton a penniless criminal lawyer. And the past that both he and Norton were trying to suppress actually belonged to the precise and intellectual Warren Stevick a Chicago lawyer who had received immunity from criminal prosecution in exchange for testimony against some very dangerous clients.</p><p></p><p>When Henderson is hired to find Stevick he decides to build a case to prove Stevick is no longer in the area so he and Norton can stay put. But when a body with Stevick's ID turns up in Norton's office and is identified as Stevick by his ex-wife Henderson no longer feels safe. Especially after he is hired to find his own murderer.</p><p></p><p>Henderson's investigation leads to some unsettling negotiations with local criminals and an encounter with a woman who isn't sure which side of the law he's on. When she is captured by his unknown adversary he enlists the assistance of a local fisherman to aid in rescuing her from a boat where she is held hostage. Her rescue leads Henderson to the identity of the person trying to blackmail Stevick. He stages a confrontation in a vintage elevator in a deserted office building and when he is betrayed another death occurs. This time it is Norton's ID that is left on the corpse.</p><p></p><p>And a virgin set of ID is used to begin again</p>