Coffin Corner Author:Dell Shannon To a man, the members of the L.A. police department (homicide) were yawning with unaccustomed inactivity. Then everything happened at once - a cop killed by a hit-and-run driver; the questionable suicide of a young girl; and the victim (apparently) of a heart attack found in the amazing clutter of her "second-hand" shop. It was the last that l... more »ed Lt. Luis Mendoza to the Celtic Hotel where events moved swiftly and with about as much clarity as the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. But in this case, the tea party was lethal.« less