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If the heat is on and you can’t cool off, write to George Valentine for full details.
In this classic episode, George is approached by a desperate woman trying to keep her husband out of the electric chair. The catch? Her husband happens to be the city’s biggest mobster, currently locked up and facing a hanging crime for murder. Can George help secure an alibi? Should he even try?
George finds himself leaning toward believing the wife’s claim that her high-rolling husband is fundamentally a nonviolent guy—though that’s a tough pill to swallow. Still, George compares notes with the police, going over the case point by point. Things are looking bleak, and a solid alibi is his only lifeline. So why are both the mobster and his wife stubbornly keeping his exact whereabouts a secret?
As George runs into dead ends, he must navigate rival gangsters, a suspicious side romance, and his own strained reputation with the police. Then, just when all options seem exhausted, a sudden jailbreak blows the case wide open. Tune in to catch the suspenseful conclusion—and don’t worry, if you can’t quite piece it together, George explains it all at the end.
