It’s New Year’s Eve at The Pitz, the city’s most famous (or is it infamous?) supper club. The usual mix of customers, some noteworthy and some notorious, decorate the tables that surround the crowded dance floor. Everyone in the gregarious group of rarified revelers hoists a glass of champagne and readies their noise makers preparing to celebrate the arrival of the year 1955.

As the clock strikes midnight, Lou Gumbardo and his band, “The Loyal Geraniums,” begin the familiar strains of Auld Lang Syne. The moment has arrived – a new year that promises to continue the post-war boom of the Eisenhower administration.

Suddenly, without warning, the club is in darkness and, amid the rumbling of the assembled guests, three shots ring out. When the lights go on again, it’s deadly obvious that the darkened room provided a killer with the opportunity to put a strategic bullet hole into a surprised victim. Someone had dictated the dastardly demise of an individual whose brief glimpse of the new year proved to be a fatal attraction.

Lou Gumbardo
Band leader of “The Loyal Geraniums.” For the past ten years, his band has been a New Year’s Eve fixture at The Pitz.

Roxy Romano
Owner of The Pitz and former dancer. Roxy has worked hard to make her establishment the number one supper club in the city.

Giovanni Fishi
Reputed mob boss. Although he supposedly runs a successful string of dry cleaning shops, its common knowledge that his income comes from other sources.

Mary Rose Looney
Songstress. She’s been with “The Loyal Geraniums” for the past three years and plans on leaving the band to start her own musical career.

Sammy Fenetra
Singer. He and Mary Rose used to be “a thing,” but recently the duets have become solos.

Betty “Boom Boom” Baxter
Drummer. She’s famous for her talent in making percussion come alive. Sometimes she drowns out the rest of the band with her downbeats.

Tony “Ivory” Ivanski
Pianist. He tickles the keys and makes them roar with laughter. Who’d want to shoot him? After all, he’s only the piano player.

Shirley Fedora
Hat check girl. She runs the cloak room and knows what everybody’s coat and hat looks like.

Richmond Dalley
Mayor of the city. He’s been running things for over two decades. If you’re not part of his machine, you might as well be invisible.

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Love is in the air at the Valentine’s Day meeting of The Poets Turntable as this group of amateur and professional writers focuses on amore, liebe – yes, LOVE. Romance abounds when each member rises, in turn, to thrill the audience with similes, metaphors and word pictures that make even the coldest hearts beat faster.
But, in the middle of this memorable assemblage, one of the poets staggers to the stage, and, after uttering a few cryptic words, is overtaken by death. Someone has done in a fellow Turntable member in the midst of one of the year’s most sentimental events.

But, it’s time for poetic justice as everyone gathers to investigate the death and to find the culprit who turned Valentine’s Day into a bad rhyme.

Harriet Heartly
President of The Poets Turntable. She feels that some of the members aren’t serious enough about their craft.

Perry Sharpe
The president of Sharpe Letter Openers. He’s thinking of selling the family business to seek his fame as a full-time poet.

Rose Prettel
Florist and flower expert. Her verse has a certain air about it. Some people would call it an odor.

Wilma Woolly
Knitter and clothes designer. Her elaborate sweaters are sold to tourists for top dollar. She includes a personalized poem in every sale.

Seymour Lee
The owner of Won Tun Tree’s, the most popular Cantonese restaurant in the city. He’s been known to recite his poetry to customers between courses.

Ben Tameter
The poet laureate of the state. He was appointed by the governor to write verse and rhymes for official events.

Charity Homes
Acclaimed poetess. Her works have been published in seven foreign countries. She’s achieved more fame overseas than she has in her own backyard.

Jonah Sweeps
The custodian at City Hall. He has access to all sorts of official records when no one else is around. They are the inspiration for much of his poetry.

Sue P. Cooper
The head baker at The Arrow Bakery. She has all of the ingredients to become a noteworthy poet.

Sherry Yujest
A budding comedienne. Her works take a humorous look at life and love among the people she knows.

Arpy Emms
Mechanic and part-time chauffeur. He’s been driving people crazy with his unusual rhymes.

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He was a prestidigitator beyond compare. The Amazing Roberto Clappini built a reputation for performing card tricks that could deceive even the most well-trained eye. His latest trick was proclaimed to be one that would take the art of sleight of hand to a new level.
The trick was always performed with cards manufactured by Svengesi’s Strong Suits, the Bulgarian company that is known worldwide for its outstanding product. Clappini swore by the cards’ quality and refused to consider using any other brand.

Now, though, Svengesi’s renown has taken a hit – struck by the same blow that killed Clappini after last night’s performance at Finger Lake.

But, authorities have a clue about the identity of the murderer, or to be more accurate, a handful of clues. For, before he died, Clappini had the strength and wherewithal to pull several cards from the deck and attempt to tell authorities what happened. It would take skill and investigative expertise to identify the perpetrator of the crime – and to deal out a hand that cold only be described as a “royal flush.”

Louise LaSage
Clappini’s agent. She owns and operates Standing Ovations, LTD, a London talent agency.

Marvin Carlin
President and owner of Carlin’s Marvelous Cards. He has been trying to obtain Clappini’s endorsement for his new product.

Mona Lapham
A music hall performer who met Clappini in London. She is said to be in love with him.

Valentina Svengesi
Managing Director of Svengesi’s Strong Suits Playing Cards. Clappini has used these Bulgarian cards for 10 years.

Shelton Sky
An attorney from South Africa. He has threatened to file a copyright infringement suit against Clappini.

Peggy Brinks
A Clappini admirer. She claims to be starting an Amazing Clappini Fan Club.

Antonio Cantalini
An Italian police official. He says he is a long-lost relative of The Amazing Clappini.

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It’s the quarterly meeting of the Gazillionaire Girls Group, an exclusive club whose membership is comprised of successful women – all of whom made it big without relying upon the other gender. The hostess for this unique gathering is Bertha Brothert, the entertainment guru whose upscale line of products appeals to the nouveau riche.

Brothert’s yacht, “The Perfection,” is the scene of the meeting and a special guest is present to both entertain the Group’s members and to predict their futures. Famed fortuneteller, Madame Magda, pulls out her crystal ball and tells the assembled clique of distinguished daughters of destiny that many good things await them.

Suddenly, though, a shocked expression crosses the mystic’s face as she shudders in horror. The crystal ball, she proclaims, is emphatic in predicting that someone will soon die. The next morning, true to her words, the body of one of the women is found floating nearby the yacht. After investigating the incident, police quickly determine that evidence points toward homicide. Someone’s career has been suddenly and permanently halted by a killer.

Bertha Brothert
Founder and Chairwoman of Bertha Brothert Enterprises. Through grit and determination, she built a successful business empire. Some say insider trading had a lot to do with it.

Madame Magda
Fortuneteller to the rich and famous. Her predictions have proven to be extremely accurate, often deadly accurate.

Anita Parr
Professional golfer. Her dominant performances on the Women’s Golf Association tour mean that she is now entering men’s tournaments.

Cher Kolate
Candy heiress. Her family made its fortune in sweets – a word that’s never been used to describe Cher.

Kay Ponworkin
President of Girl Power Employment Agency. Over the years, she’s made and broken a lot of promising careers.

Stella Story
Writer of children’s books. Her Mary Wotter books have taken Stella from life in a row house to international fame.

Penny Holdem
Professional poker player. She won a ton of money at last year’s Poker World Series.

Pette Bittler
Singer and actress. Her spectacular show, “Clams on the Half Shell,” has received rave reviews.

Rita von Sueman
Trial lawyer extraordinaire. She’s been on the winning side of some of the most famous cases ever litigated in America.

Belle Rider
Cowgirl and rodeo star. She rides bulls and busts broncos with the best of them. A Hollywood studio is completing a movie about her life.

Captain Cora Agees
The skipper of “The Perfection.” She’s been around the world and can tell stories that would make a sailor blush.

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It’s award night and Tom Speed’s latest film, The Vampire Detective, has just swept the board and garnered five Skellies – for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Sadly, Tom Speed’s award for Best Actor was accepted posthumously by his wife, Zara Vicars, as Tom was killed in a driving accident late last night.

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