The Weird World of Wes Beattie, by Norman Harris
The Book When Sidney "Gargoyle" Grant attends a medico-legal conference in Toronto(?), the story the lecturer gives for why a defendant in an upcoming murder trail is crazy makes no sense to him. He challenges the lecturer by saying he will find the key woman witness the doctor thinks is a delusion. Poor Wes Beattie is accused of killing his uncle and thereby revoking his inheritance, both from his uncle and from his grandfather. When the police arrested Wes, they put forth the motive of being disinherited. In response, Wes spins a fantastic tale about being set up by a femme fatal. As he progresses on the quest, he discovers the defendant, Wes Beattie, might have told the truth. He can't find the femme fatal, but he can find, a guy who produces pornos, runs prostitutes over the border from Buffalo, hires women to blackmail men, and runs illegal gambling games. But if there is a vast conspiracy out to frame Wes, where did all of the witness go? And how and ...
