The Faceless Adversary Frances Lockridge Richard Lockridge by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge 9781504050678, 1504050673 instant download after payment.

A clever killer leads New York City detective Nathan Shapiro on a
twisted chase in this mystery from the authors of the “excellent” Mr.
and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker).
 
Nathan
Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan’s finest, but that
doesn’t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going
gets tough . . .
 
Manhattan banker John Hayward is newly
engaged and feeling on top of the world—until the NYPD arrive on his
doorstep and ask him point blank why he killed a certain Miss Nora
Evans.
 
Hayward has never even heard of Miss Evans, but the
investigators are convinced she was his secret paramour. Incriminating
evidence has been found, including a rent check for Miss Evans’s
apartment forged with his signature, meaning the incident isn’t a case
of mistaken identity—it’s a frame job.
 
Out on bail, Hayward
intends to uncover the truth by himself and is shocked when his fiancée,
Barbara Phillips, claims she believes him and insists on coming along.
As the couple conducts their own investigation, Det. Nathan Shapiro is
never far behind. His intuition tells him there’s more to this case than
meets the eye . . . and he soon finds out just how right he is.
 
The Faceless Adversary is the 1st book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.