Night Watchman (The Tubby Dubonnet Series Book 8)
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“Tell you what,” Tubby interrupted. “I have a very proficient assistant named Cherrylynn Resilio. How about if I put her on. I’ll hop off. But if she thinks you’ve got a case I’ll take a look at it. If she green-lights it, I’m very sure we can help.”
“Okay, I’m not doing much of anything else right now.”
Tubby put her on “HOLD.”
“Cherrylynn,” he yelled. “Pick up!”
Given a chance to work its wonders, the law would bring justice to the realm.
* * *
Four men wearing vests identifying them as Entergy electricians entered the Tulane University Library through the service entrance. The men weren’t locals, but they had acquired a plan of the building and were quickly able to disable the alarm system. They knew that the campus police were elsewhere, responding to a call regarding rowdy students carousing outside The Boot. At this late hour, the campus was dark and deserted.
Within two minutes they had reached the main floor and located the office of the special collections director. The plastic bins were locked within, as expected, but the lock was quickly overcome. Within five minutes, the men had the bins downstairs, out the back door, and stowed in their waiting van. They pulled cautiously onto Freret Street and drove away with their secret cargo into the peaceful New Orleans night.
THE END
Dedication
To Nancy, eternally mysterious
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Also by Tony Dunbar:
The Tubby Dubonnet Series (in order of publication)
CROOKED MAN
CITY OF BEADS
TRICK QUESTION
SHELTER FROM THE STORM
CRIME CZAR
LUCKY MAN
TUBBY MEETS KATRINA
NIGHT WATCHMAN
Other Works by Tony Dunbar
American Crisis, Southern Solutions: From Where We Stand, Promise and Peril
Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent
Delta Time
Our Land Too
Against the Grain: Southern Radicals and Prophets, 1929-1959
Hard Traveling: Migrant Farm Workers in America
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About the Author
TONY DUNBAR is a lawyer who lives in New Orleans, the mirthful and menacing city in which the Tubby Dubonnet mystery series is set. In addition to the mysteries, which have been nominated for the Anthony Boucher and the Edgar Allan Poe awards, he is also the Lillian Smith Book Award-winning author of books about the South, civil rights and protest. He has an abiding interest in the Battle of New Orleans and other grand dramas in the city’s colorful history and imaginative culture.
Full Table of Contents
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Dedication
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