Fifty-Minutes Flaherty

Fifty-Minutes Flaherty presents forty-one short stories in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes - with a difference. "Fifty-Minutes" Flaherty is Holmes brought up to date, accelerated, and sprinkled with humor. Homicide Lieutenant "Fifty-Minutes" Flaherty has acquired his nickname from his success at solving crimes in less than an hour. His helper, who is sometimes actually helpful, is Detective Sergeant Donaldson. In each story the reader is ordinarily provided with enough clues to be able to anticipate Flaherty's solution - but not always. John A. Broussard writes with the sure hand of the master mystery storyteller - his stories leave you with a craving for more, more! John A. Broussard was born in Cambridge, MA in 1924. He's a Harvard undergraduate with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. A teacher for twenty years, Broussard is a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction. He has published hundreds of short stories. A few of his books are Mana, Death of the Tin Man's Wife, The Left Hand of Death, Death of a Developer, and A Method to Murder. Additionally, Broussard reviews for Bibliophilos, I Love a Mystery, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. John A. Broussard makes his home in Hawaii.