The Adventures of Harry Nile Volume 18 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:The Voice From the Lake: Harry is hired to find out why a corpse would have a desperate need for money, when a wealthy matron gets a demand for cash from a supposedly dead grandson.Always Leave 'em Wanting More (Double Length): A special double length episode that takes back to the Chicago of the late 1930's during Harry's days as a rookie cop and a married man.CD2: Rich Little Poor Girl: Harry is called in to check out a little girl whose father has abandoned her in a Seattle motel room with a stuffed animal and thousands in cash.The Toni Parsons Story: The Korean War ended in 1953 but here, two years later, Harry is hired to find a runaway who is still looking for the brother who never came back from that war. The Case of the Spectral Wife: Harry sets out to capture a ghost with a French accent, the ghost not Harry.« less