Wellington Leg Book Scandal
With much of towne preoccupied with Miss Snark’s contest members of the Flying Squad raided the home of Ms. Gladys Faldo, a resident of Henley Hornbrook who may have had a hand in the demise of Harry Houdini. Ms. Faldo the former lover of Marlon Brando’s personal trainer, faces an additional charge of failing to whip inflation now and making fun of Alan Greenspan. Ms. Faldo’s lurid memoir DRINKING MONEY is number one at Eddie’s Book Nook although police suspect she has manipulated Eddie’s calibrated list by harassing List Keeper Marge with repeated telephone calls during Marge’s afternoon lunch break. “She claimed she was Brando,” Marge explained. “I lost focus.”
DCI Borchardt, dressed for the weekend in Albens Rosa, seized Eddie’s Bestseller List along with “paraphenelia” used to compile the oft-cited compendium of commercial success. Book store employee L. Tolstoy was cited for illegal parking and manipulating point of view after he concealed a sharpie from Borchardt.
Ms. Faldo was born thirty years after Houdini’s death but under RICO statutes may have engaged in conspiracy after the fact but before the end of Spring Training where she briefly auditioned as the Red Sox closer. Her essay “The Cut Fastball is your Grandfather’s Slider” rattled literary scouts snoozing in the bleachers. She has reached out for defense attorney Victor Carl, a notorious Philadelphia lawyer.
DCI Borchardt hopes to airmail forensic evidence to the famous Black Lab before close of business Tuesday. Wellington Leg is bracing for a cavalry assault by the Vecisima Claudia Legion. CSi Caruso has distributed designer sunglasses to his team and stands ready to “put things right in Wellington Leg.” Geraldo reporting for the Pie in the Sky.