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Real Clue Crime Stories #2
Real Clue Crime Stories #2 is an anthology featuring multiple crime tales. "The Fingering Dove" tells of the Marquis de Joinville, a French nobleman visiting Mexico in the 1850s who befriends his servant Napoleon's friend Don Silvio, only to have his wealth stolen and be forced to flee. "The Mule's Front Door" follows small-time hoodlums Al Coy and Jackie Sill who employ ex-convict Bernie Duff for a heist at a Pennsylvania mansion; after discovering twenty grand in a safe, the criminals turn on each other, with Bernie killing Jackie and confessing to the murder rather than living with the guilt.