Almost all the prints on the kitchen, dining room and living room floors had been wiped away in what must have been an extensive attempt to cover the killer’s (or killers’) tracks, but three very smeared impressions in the blood remained: two were sockprints corresponding to “a size 6½ to 7½ woman’s shoe or a size 5 to 6 man’s shoe,” and the last one was a sneakerprint of a size that fit a “woman or small boy.”

just a good-time Charlie, borrowing two bucks here and five bucks there

When a technical lest of a new cruise ship delayed its maiden voyage and resulted in lost bookings, Holland-America Company responded to the negative publicity by launching an aggressive campaign supporting the first voyage of a twin ship.

Nothing bad will happen to you so long as you stay frosty.