The Complete Cases of The Dean Volume 2

<p>The Dean returns-smarter slipperier and twice as charming.</p><p>Part‑time detective and consummate con man Dean Wardlow Rock makes his living as a faux fortune teller-his business card boldly promising pedomancy: Fortunes Devined from the Soles of Your Feet. The fortune‑teller act is a sales trick; the eccentric archaic‑word‑dropping living encyclopedia is a mask. Underneath it all is a man who reads people as easily as he reads soles using guile showmanship and a keen reporter's instinct to unmask thieves blackmailers jilted lovers-and killers.</p><p>In<em> The Complete Cases of The Dean Volume 2</em> Merle Constiner's slyest sleuth returns in another set of twisty hard‑boiled yarns from the pages of <em>Dime Detective. </em>These stories pair pulp‑era snap with crafty con‑man brilliance: clever plots sharp dialogue and the kind of cunning that only a professional trickster can bring to justice.</p><p>He'll tell your fortune. He'll solve your murder. Just don't believe everything he says.</p><p></p>