The Ambulance Made Two Trips

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Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald has an awkward problem: someone keeps leaving expensive presents at his door. He suspects Big Jake Connors, whose influence is making the local police less eager to challenge his business dealings. Fitzgerald gives his latest gift to an orphanage, then investigates a series of strange incidents surrounding a cleaning establishment. Its owner, Brink, receives reports of threats and failed attacks with a composure the detective finds deeply irritating.

Murray Leinster's science fiction short story brings police work into contact with apparently impossible luck. Books on psychokinesis, a peculiar plastic machine and a twitching eyelid suggest that Brink's confidence has an unusual explanation. The exchanges between the suspicious detective and the unruffled cleaner give the story a dry comic edge.

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Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (1896-1975), an American novelist, screenwriter and inventor who wrote mainly science fiction. He wrote short stories and articles in very large numbers and won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1956. His books include "Space Platform" and "Talents, Incorporated".

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Author: Murray Leinster
Reading time: About 35 minutes
Pages: 25
Language: English
Genre: Detective Books
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Read online