Summary The next day, Charlie Whittaker summons Marley. Martha has disappeared with Mrs Whittakers money Private eye, Nat Marley, meets old acquaintance, the and has trashed the apartment. Marley is sure that homeless Annie Clayton, at Grand Central station, Mrs Whittaker was murdered, and the police New York. She suffers a cardiac arrest. Marley are called. Charlie hires Marley to find Martha. administers emergency resuscitation. Annie is taken to Meanwhile, Marley finds a home address for Jackie. Bellevue Hospital and later tells Marley she Marley and Joe finally corner him and take him to the wishes to make a will. The next day, Marley is hospital to be reunited with his mother. At Century summoned to Mrs Joanna Whittaker, an elderly Apartments, Marley finds clues indicating Martha widow, at the opulent Century Apartments on Central could be gambling with Mrs Whittakers money in Park. Having read the story of Marley saving Annies Atlantic City. life, she wants to make him sole beneficiary in her will, which incurs the displeasure of her spooky maid, The autopsy results on Mrs Whittaker are Martha. Marley wants no part in this. inconclusive; verdict natural death. Marley needs a confession from Martha. She is found in a casino, Annie asks her friend Leona to take Marley to collect where she confesses to murder under pressure from a box from her underground home. At the hospital, Marley. Later that night, Annie finally dies. Oldenberg Annie shows Marley a photo of her lost son Jackie as asks Marley to approach Jackie the deal is a clean a teenager, asking Marley to find him before she dies. record for Jackie if he testifies against Wiseman. Later, Marley learns more about the Whittaker family. Martha is not charged with the murder for lack of hard Marley is the spitting image of the late Tom Whittaker. evidence, but is charged with theft. Mrs Whittaker leads a reclusive life and has alienated her son and daughter. Marleys colleague, Joe Blaney, At the reading of Annies will, it transpires that Tom discovers the old lady is besotted with Marley. Whittaker is actually Jackies father. Thus Jackie Clayton, Charlie Whittaker and his sister, Betty The search for Jackie takes Marley to the East Village, Osborne, are related. Annie has kept a gift of stock where he learns that Jackie used to work for a taxi certificates from Tom Whittaker, which prove valuable. business run by Mr Wiseman, which Joe Blaney The story ends a year later with the opening of the discovers to be a cover for a stolen goods operation. Annie Clayton Center in Harlem, a safe refuge for Jackie is in hiding from his old boss. Journalist Ed homeless women, jointly funded by Charlie Whittaker, Winchester shows Marley an old story about Ernst Betty Osborne and Jackie Clayton, in memory of their Weissmann (a.k.a. Wiseman) and Jackie Clayton mothers. being acquitted of handling stolen goods. Marley tips off Captain Oldenberg at police headquarters about Wiseman Cabs. Before reading Marley is called to the Whittaker apartment 4. a Chapter 4 Mrs Whittaker has died. Marley is struck by Marthas b Chapter 1 indifferent attitude to her dead employer. Marley is c Chapter 2 suspicious but cannot prove anything. Marley meets d Chapter 5 the son, Charlie Whittaker and explains that he does e Chapter 3 not wish to be the beneficiary of his mothers will. Meanwhile, Stella, Marleys PA, has located Jackies workplace in Chelsea, but an attempt to make contact proves abortive. Annie Clayton continues to keep a slender hold on life.
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Check your reading much worse. At McFaddens Bar, Ed Winchester Chapter 1 showed Marley a newspaper story. Five years ago, Ernst Weissmann and Jackie Clayton had 1. a Nat Marley been found not guilty of buying stolen property. b Annie Clayton Marley compared the newspaper photo with c Nat Marley Joes photo, realised that Ernst Weissmann and d Stella Delgado Mr Wiseman were the same person and called e Dr Fischer Captain Oldenberg at police headquarters. f Annie Clayton Finally, Stella Delgado persuaded Marley to buy air conditioning for the office. Chapter 2 1. a Mrs. Whittaker Chapter 8 b Nat Marley and Stella Delgado 1. 1 d, 2 f, 3 b, 4 a, 5 c, 6 e c Mrs Whittaker 2. Students own answer. d Martha Bianchi e Stella Delgado Chapter 9 f Nat Marley 1. a Nat Marley Chapter 3 b Martha Bianchi c Mr Wiseman 1. 1 b, 2 f, 3 e, 4 a, 5 d, 6 c d Joe Blaney e Jackie Clayton Chapter 4 f Nat Marley 1. f, a, b, e, c, d Chapter 10 Chapter 5 1. a F, b P, c F, d P, e F, f P 1. a T, b F, c F, d F, e T, f T Chapter 11 Chapter 6 1. Jackie had been hiding from Wiseman for the 1. a Lieutenant Brandstein last twelve months because he wanted a normal b bartender life. Martha had taken out tens of thousands of c bartender dollars from Mrs Whittakers bank account. Joe d Mr Wiseman noticed that Martha had underlined sentences in e Joe Blaney a book called The Perfect Murder; Marley thought f Joe Blaney Marthas message Gone to play ball probably g Wilma Patterson meant that she was interested in gambling. Marley and Joe went to look for Martha in Chapter 7 Atlantic City, which was several hours away 1. Joe Blaney had been taking photos of Wiseman from New York. Cabs all afternoon. Dr Fischer phoned from the hospital to say that Annie Clayton was getting
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Chapter 12 Chapter 14 1. a Jackie Clayton 1. a all, b Jackie Clayton, c all, b Joe Blaney and Nat Marley d Jackie Clayton, e all, c Martha Bianchi f Jackie Clayton, g Charlie and Betty d Martha Bianchi Osborne, h all e Dr Fischer f Annie Clayton g Nat Marley
Chapter 13 1. b , c , e , g 2. a Father and son b Brother and sister c Half brothers
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