| Synopsis: |
When Fran Varady buys a coffee for down-and-out "Alkie" Albie Smith, she suddenly finds herself launched on her second investigation. Albie takes her into his confidence, telling her he's witnessed the violent abduction of a young girl in a distinctively marked blue Cortina. Fran overcomes her reluctance and reports the crime to the police, only to be sent away with a flea in her ear. But when Fran spots a blue Cortina with a white scrape, she is suspicious - and her suspicions are confirmed when she is warned off by her old sparring partner Sergeant Parry, and then approached by a friend of her father, distraught over the kidnapping of his daughter. Then, days later, Albie is found dead... |