Interesting hook for a mystery

This is from New York magazine today. Doesn't take much imagination how this would turn into the kind of material the late Ed McBain loved to work with.


Someone Is Killing Off Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, and Frank Lautenberg
7/6/10 at 6:00 PM Comment

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A mysterious prankster has been trying to fool news outlets into thinking that very alive Democratic senators Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, and Frank Lautenberg have died. It started yesterday, when California ...