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Brock Potter #1

by Arthur Mailing

When Brockton Potter, head of research for the New York based brokerage firm of Price, Potter, and Petacque, receives an anonymous telephone call giving him information concerning a scandal in a prestigious Chicago-based company, he considers the way he came by the information and proceeds with caution. Then the firm's assistant treasurer is murdered, triggering an investigation of the company's finances and calling for Brock to make a fast trip to Chicago.

Genres: Mystery

236 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 1979

Reviews

[Ronald Wilcox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interest mystery / suspense novel about a man who is a partner in a company that manages stocks who receives a few phone calls from an anonymous source that suggests there is some illegal business going on with an insurance company based in Chicago. Potter, the protagonist, goes to Chicago to meet with the mysterious informant and finds that an employee of the insurance agency had been recently murdered. Potter decides to investigate, leading to attempts on his life, and missing persons. Good, solid mystery with a likable protagonist