{"product_id":"2940013761810","title":"The Door with Seven Locks","description":"DICK MARTIN'S last official job (as he believed) was to pull in Lew\u003cbr\u003ePheeney, who was wanted in connection with the Helborough bank robbery.\u003cbr\u003eHe found Lew in a little Soho cafe, just as he was finishing his coffee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's the idea, colonel?\" asked Lew, almost genially, as he got his\u003cbr\u003ehat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The inspector wants to talk to you about that Helborough job,\" said\u003cbr\u003eDick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLew's nose wrinkled in contempt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Helborough grandmothers!\" he said scornfully. \"I'm out of that bank\u003cbr\u003ebusiness - thought you knew it. What are you doing in the force, Martin?\u003cbr\u003eThey told me that you'd run into money and had quit.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm quitting. You're my last bit of business.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Too bad you're falling down on the last lap!\" grinned Lew. \"I've got\u003cbr\u003eforty - five well - oiled alibis. I'm surprised at you, Martin. You know\u003cbr\u003eI don't 'blow' banks; locks are my speciality - -\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What were you doing at ten o'clock on Tuesday night?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA broad smile illuminated the homely face of the burglar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If I told you, you'd think I was lying.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Give me a chance,\" pleaded Dick, his blue eyes twinkling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLew did not reply at once. He seemed to be pondering the dangers of too\u003cbr\u003egreat frankness. But when he had seen all sides of the matter, he spoke\u003cbr\u003ethe truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was doing a private job - a job I don't want to talk about. It was\u003cbr\u003edirty, but honest.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And were you well paid?\" asked his captor, polite but incredulous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was - I got one hundred and fifty pounds on account. That makes you\u003cbr\u003ejump, but it is the truth. I was picking locks, certainly the toughest\u003cbr\u003elocks I've ever struck, and it was a kind of horrible job I wouldn't do\u003cbr\u003eagain for a car - load of money. You don't believe me, but I can prove\u003cbr\u003ethat I spent the night at the Royal Arms, Chichester, that I was there\u003cbr\u003eat eight o'clock to dinner and at eleven o'clock to sleep. So you can\u003cbr\u003eforget all that Helborough bank stuff. I know the gang that did it, and\u003cbr\u003eyou know 'em too, and we don't change cards.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey kept Lew in the cells all night whilst inquiries were pursued.\u003cbr\u003eRemarkably enough, he had not only stayed at the Royal Arms at\u003cbr\u003eChichester, but had stayed in his own name; and it was true that at a\u003cbr\u003equarter to eleven, before the Hedborough bank robbers had left the\u003cbr\u003epremises, he was taking a drink in his room, sixty miles away. So\u003cbr\u003eauthority released Lew in the morning and Dick went into breakfast with\u003cbr\u003ehim, because, between the professional thief - taker and the\u003cbr\u003eprofessional burglar there is no real ill - feeling, and Sub - Inspector\u003cbr\u003eRichard Martin was almost as popular with the criminal classes as he was\u003cbr\u003eat police headquarters.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145829761264,"sku":"2940013761810","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013761810_p0.jpg?v=1763589932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013761810","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}