“Nostrander,” I said, as though trying to recall the name. “I don’t believe I know anyone of that name. What did he do?”

“He was a lawyer.”

“Sure it was murder?” I asked.

“That’s the way I understand it. Somebody plunked him right in the middle of the heart with a thirty-eight caliber.”

“Did he live there?” I asked.

“No. He was found in some jane’s apartment.”

“Like that, eh?”

“I don’t know. This girl worked in a bank somewhere.”

“What happened to her?”

“She’s missing.”