The Dishonest Murderer by the husband and wife team of Frances and Richard Lockridge was published in 1949. It is one of the Mr. and Mrs. North series of mysteries. I've read other books in the series, and was happy to find one that I hadn't yet read.
Jerry North is a publisher, and he and his wife, Pam, are invited to attend a New Year's Eve party at the apartment of Admiral Satterlee, who is publishing his memoirs with Jerry's publishing house.
Pam meets Admiral Satterlee's daughter, Freddie, and makes a connection with her. Freddie has recently become engaged to Senator Bruce Kirkhill, and is expecting him to arrive at the party around 10 P.M. and begins to worry when he doesn't arrive.
As it turns out, Kirkhill has been found murdered in a bad neighborhood, dressed shabbily, and looking like a bum who had frozen to death after passing out in the cold. Freddie calls upon the Norths to help with the investigation, because she is afraid her father, the Admiral, may somehow be involved.
I enjoyed the story, although I liked another one in this series I had previously read more.
This book fulfills requirement #6. Yankee Doodle Dandy category of the Vintage Mystery Challenge 2013
This also fulfills a requirement in the 2013 A to Z challenge. Title--D and Author--L
read March 8-10, 2013
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