Kill as Directed

Cast of Characters

HARRISON BROWN, M.D. — His passion for money taught him that the right office in the right neighborhood makes for meeting the “right” people

TONY MITCHELL, LL.B. — Kurt Gresham’s dapper attorney, a criminal lawyer who was especially “civil” to a client

KURT GRESHAM — Cherubic looking multimillionaire, who was as harmless as a big fat round H-Bomb

KAREN GRESHAM — Kurt’s copper-haired, green-eyed wife, who wouldn’t deal unless she had the whole deck

DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT GALIVAN — The pipe-smoking “fatherly” type, who upset routines with routine investigations

DR. ALFRED MCGEE STONE — Tall, thin director of the Taugus Institute, he “had no fat”

DR. PETER GROSS — Respected pedagogue, he was one of Harrison Brown’s biggest boosters

MRS. BERNICE STONE — Wife of Dr. Stone, a quick-eyed, plump little hen, who “had no lean”

UNCLE JOE — Always ready to do a favor for a friend — for a price

FRANKLIN GREGORY ARCHIBALD SMITH — The mortician who arranged for the disposal of “Uncle Joe’s brother’s ashes”; he knew how to urn a fast buck

MR. O’BRIEN — A giant of a house detective with a broken nose, who found a crowd in a suite for one