Procane Chronicle: A Philip St. Ives Mystery

A bungled hand-off lands St. Ives in jail on suspicion of murderIt's three in the morning, and Philip St.

Ives has come to the all-night Laundromat to meet a thief.

His laundry bag isn't carrying dirty clothingit's stuffed with $90,000 cash.

But he finds his contact, Bobby Boykins, in no state to talk.

Bobby has been beaten, strangled, and stuffed behind a washing machine; Philip is inspecting the corpse when the police find him.

Standing in a Laundromat with a dead body and a sack full of cash, Philip learns, is a good way to get arrested.St.

Ives is a go-betweena mediator between thieves and their victimsand he came to meet Bobby for the sake of a rich man who has lost his diary.

If Philip can escape the Tenth Precinct, Bobby's killer will come for him next.