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Make out with Murder (Chip Harrison Mystery)

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This is an out of print book and not one of Block's best known characters. Chip Harrison only has two murder mysteries (the Tulip Caper), and there's two lame 'Catcher in the Rye' coming of age books (what a waste). If you like Bernie Rhodenbarr, then you'll like Chip Harrison. If you like Matthew Scudder, well this probably isn't for you. The only other place I could find Chip Harrison stories were in the short story collection 'Enough Rope'.

Leo Haig, a dabbler in rare fish, has read every mystery book known and adopted the Nero Wolfe image as his own. Chip Harrison plays his Archie Goodwin and narrator; at Haig's behest he throws in a couple of juicy sex scenes to entice the modern reader. Chip finds his girlfriend Melanie nude and dead, supposedly of an overdose. However when Chip finds that two of Melanie's five other sisters have died of possible homicides, Haig is intrigued, especially since the sisters are heiresses to a great fortune. Numerous other murders occur before Chip believes he has identified the murderer. Wolfe naturally rejects this finding and instead calls for the grand-standing finale at which the true murderer is unveiled. Lawrence Block (under a psuedynom) pulls off his usual sly humor making for a quick but fun read.