{"product_id":"the-cheap-smell-of-murder-a-mike-lawson-mystery","title":"The Cheap Smell of Murder – A Mike Lawson Mystery","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eThe Cheap Smell of Murder – A Mike Lawson Mystery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-language: TA;\"\u003eMark Thomas McGee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e266 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eISBN 9798905350474\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e paperback $28\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 115%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eISBN 9798905350481 hardback $39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; font-variant: small-caps;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eThey were on their way out when Mike Lawson stopped cold. He put his arm out to block Ernie Lam from going any further.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Why is the electricity on?\" Mike wondered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"I don't know,\" Ernie shrugged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"The phone is disconnected. The water is off. There's a month's worth of dirty dishes in the sink. The place hasn't seen a vacuum cleaner since who-knows-when? And there's enough mail in the box to fill a post office. Does it look like they're coming back to you?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"No,\" Ernie had to admit. \"It doesn't.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Then why?\" Mike asked again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"How should I know? Anyway, what's the big deal? You're not paying the bill. Why do you care?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     Mike turned around and headed for the kitchen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Where are you going?\" Ernie asked, dogging his heels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     Mike had strong reservations as he stepped back into the kitchen and stood in front of the refrigerator. He hadn't noticed before but the shelves from inside had been placed on either side of the refrigerator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"What's goin' on?\" Ernie asked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Do you have a weak stomach?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Naw. Cast iron. Why do you ask?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"You may not want to see this.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"See what?\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     Like a grand showman, Mike opened the door and held out his hand. On display, inside of the refrigerator, the lady of the house, in the flesh.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     \"Ernie Lam, meet Regina Randell.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e     In her day, Regina Randell had been a remarkably handsome woman. Now, stuffed in the refrigerator, she looked like something out of the horror comics. Her pale flesh was stretched across her skull like plastic wrap. Her lips, if you could call them that, were invisible and her opened eyes looked like marbles swimming in smoke.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: none; mso-hyphenate: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eThe bodies are stacking up. Children are dying all over the city. 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