The Greek Coins Affair: 1 (Mg&m Detective Agency Mysteries)

Mallory and Garth are destined to become icons in the jazz age historical mystery genre. They are private investigators with flair! -Connie Shelton USA Today bestselling authorA fortune in stolen antiquities a bag of loose diamonds and two dead men. Its bitter cold in February 1918 when Pinkerton detective Sherwood Garth is assigned to team up with Major James Mallory. Their job is to ferret out the missing diamonds but when the trail leads directly to a dead body in an abandoned barn the two men join with the Cleveland Police Department to solve both the murder and the question of the gems.They discover no shortage of suspects. The dead man Henry Spellman seemed disliked by family and colleagues alike. Could the killer be one of the adventurers traveling companions? Or perhaps one of Spellmans own sisters or a member of the household staff is behind his death? And then theres Henrys flapper girlfriend who is maybe a little too chummy with other men. Nearly everyone it seems has a motive and most had the means to carry out the crime.The search takes the two detectives into the local jazz clubs where Garth seems at home and Mallory sees a whole new world beyond his Army experience. Its truly a by-the-book whodunit using the Pinkerton mans keen skills of observation and the military officers pure brawn. When they put the clues together the revelations come as a surprise to all. Perfect for fans of classic detective stories from Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle.