Maxine McCovey and her FINCH system has Bayville a twitter and someone’s got a deadly twitch. Henri suspects everyone. Let’s see if we can help him bring this case to a close and get him that macchiato he’s been Jonesing for. Here’s Henri’s “do not trust” list, in the order we met them.

• Mayor Tom Vaughn, Politian, ‘nuff said
• Assistant Chief Rorschach, the man uses spit to fix his hair
• Janet from IT, crushing on the ink stain
• Judith the Comptroller, the money lady
• John Smith, almost forgot him

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ABOUT Robert J. Binney

Seattle screenwriter Robert J. Binney and hairstylist Henri Beauchamp are becoming old friends with Mysteries to Die For. Binney’s essays on being the butt of Jimmy Carter’s jokes, joyriding with the Salt Lake City police, finding career advice in the Himalayas, and hanging with Peter Frampton have been published in The Los Angeles Times, the Kelp Journal, and more. His crime fiction regularly appears in Starlite Pulp Review and Thrill Ride magazine. “Restoration Software” was featured in Level Best Books’ The Best Private Eye Stories of 2025. A former titan of industry with movie-star good looks, he holds an MBA from Emory University and an MFA from UC Riverside.

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