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Crown Jewels are Missing 38: An additional $2,500 was offered as reward for the jewels, but this, too, failed to turn the trick.at turn a trick, v.2
Crown Jewels are Missing 38: An additional $2,500 was offered as reward for the jewels, but this, too, failed to turn the trick. Bullets for Two 7: [He] had been arrested on a charge of strong-arming a defaulting client and both members of the firm had spent four months in jail.at strong-arm, v.
Mountain Murder 32: Keep your hands shoulder high, or I’ll bark your scalp with a piece of lead.at bark, v.1
Bullets for Two 11: The policeman moved swiftly toward the car. [...] ‘What’s the trouble?’ the blue-coat demanded.at bluecoat, n.
Bullets for Two 7: With heavy taxes on legal liquor, bootleg stuff is coming back.at bootleg, adj.
Fatal Pay-off 59: If a lab test shows it matches with Reali’s blood [...] that’ll be the clincher.at clincher, n.1
Mountain Murder 25: Will Haynes going back, a special deputy, to try to crack the strangest crime he could remember in the Bull Creek section.at crack, v.2
Bullets for Two 18: Various stays kept him in the death house at Sing Sing for almost a year.at death house (n.) under death, n.
Bullets for Two 17: He told us he wanted to fake a kidnapping to have some fun with him.at fake, v.1
Fatal Pay-off 53: We fanned him for a gun and found two books of policy slips in his pocket.at fan, v.1
Crown Jewels are Missing 38: It began to look as though no effort would be made to fence the gems until detectives had given up the search for them.at fence, v.
Fatal Pay-off 60: The pair had seen Reali flash a roll of money in the Turf & Field.at flash a roll (v.) under flash, v.1
Mountain Murder 23: Haynes saw at a glance that Clary was in his usual condition—befogged with moonshine.at fogged, adj.
Mountain Murder 29: Him and Banks had been drinking, and they fussed.at fuss, v.
Fatal Pay-off 58: I hit it right on the nose!at hit it, v.
Fatal Pay-off 55: I’ve also found out he hooked up with a couple of big guys who were driving around in a black Ford.at hook up (with), v.
Mountain Murder 23: ‘How is he?’ Haynes asked. ‘He won’t make it,’ said Fields, shaking his head.at make it, v.
Mountain Murder 33: Bowling was waving that $20, joshing Mrs. Furlow about payin’ for his dinner.at josh, v.
Fatal Pay-off 48: His leathery voice was often mimicked by good-natured kidders.at kidder, n.
Crown Jewels are Missing 36: The Pinkerton men, efficient as they were, could not immediately get a line on what had happened.at get a line on (v.) under line , n.1
Bullets for Two 8: He was afraid [...] He knew he was a marked man.at mark, v.
Mountain Murder 23: Haynes saw at a glance that Clary was in his usual condition — befogged with moonshine.at moonshine, n.
Bullets for Two 7: Maybe he was trying to muscle back into the racket and stepped on someone’s toes.at step on someone’s toes (v.) under step on, v.
Mountain Murder 22: He’d run most of the way here, and was all tuckered out, so I fetched the word for you.at tuckered (out), adj.
Mountain Murder 24: I was out looking for Pa [...] He ain’t been home since yesterday, and Ma’s in a fit.at pa, n.1
Fatal Pay-off 52: There could be a print on this cover [...] I’ll have Peters see if he can find anything.at print, n.
Bullets for Two 13: He had ventured from his hideout to engage in the stolen car racket.at racket, n.1
Crown Jewels are Missing 43: You won’t find anything wrong with him. He’s a right guy.at right guy (n.) under right, adj.
Bullets for Two 14: The former loan shark himself had pulled the trigger which snuffed out the lives of the couple.at shark, n.
Bullets for Two 14: The former loan shark himself had pulled the trigger which snuffed out the lives of the couple.at snuff out (v.) under snuff, v.2
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