The Unorthodox Corpse / Death on the Downbeat / The Blonde, Paperback/Carter Brown

THE UNORTHODOX CORPSE In which Lt. Al Wheeler must figure out-- --who stuck in the knife in the back of one of the students at an all-girls school during a magic show --whether The Great Mephisto is really victim number two or is just faking his own death --what the victims have in common when another student is found with a knife in her back, too. DEATH ON THE DOWNBEAT In which Lt. Al Wheeler must solve-- --a murder in a jazz club that happens on the stage in front of everyone, but without a killer, or a weapon --the reason behind this crazy killing of the hophead son of a local newspaper tycoon --the mystery of Midnight O'Hara, sultry singer and owner of the nightclub, who may not be as innocent as she seems. THE BLONDE In which Lt. Al Wheeler must discover-- --who blew up Georgia Brown before she could reveal the secrets of the 3-year-old filmland suicide of Lee Manning --the four names Georgia was going to reveal on the Paula Reid show and what do they have to do with Manning's death --the secret the four have in common that is now causing their sudden and untimely deaths