The Adventures of Harry Nile Volume 5 Author:Jim French On New Year's Day of 1976, radio listeners were introduced for the first time to a former Chicago cop turned hard-luck private detective named Harry Nile, the brainchild of mystery fan Jim French, who created the character for a one-time-only broadcast. But audiences wanted more, and so began over 25 years of episodes featuring Phil Harper as Ha... more »rry, later to be joined by Pat French as his admiring and quirky associate, Murphy.After the first episode, West For My Health, set in 1940, Harry hung up his shingle in Los Angeles in a loft over a tailor shop. Eventually one of his cases took him to Seattle, where he was shot by the man he was chasing. During his convalescence he decided to relocate to this gray, rainy city which seemed to fit his disposition better than sunny California. Harry Nile has developed a large, devoted following, maybe because he's had a hard life - kicked off the Chicago police force, Hounded by a dirty cop who was on the take, battling his own gambling addiction, even losing his bride of one year in a gun battle. To a million listeners, Harry's adventures, now lodged in the Seattle of the 1950's, are real.And so is Harry.Product Features:CD1:Favor for a Friend: Harry's latest client arrives in town in a coffin. Is this case over before it begins?The Eddie Mayhew Matter: When a famous jazz musician dies without leaving a will, his son hires Harry to locate and collect the fortune he's certain his father left.The Case of the Not So Nice Niece: Is the uncle of Harry's beautiful new employer insane or is the man's niece simply after the old boy's money?CD2: Maybe There is a Santa Claus: Christmas 1945 and Harry is asked to find a recently discharged soldier so that he might be told why his fiancée stopped writing to him.Hair of the Dog (double length): Harry starts out hunting for a missing dog, but winds up trying to solve a murder in this special double length adventure of our favorite hard luck private eye.« less