The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown Hardback Book

In the rough edges of 1940s Chicago the discovery of a corpse in an alleyway isnt always enough to cause a big stirespecially when the victim is killed in the midst of a nightlong bender caught between barrooms in what appears to be a mugging gone awry. Which is why the police dont take a huge interest in finding the murderer of Wallace Hunter a linotype operator who turns up dead after a solitary drinking adventure that led through many of the Loops less reputable establishments. But for his teenage son Ed and his carny brother Am something about Wallaces death feels fishy a fact that grows increasingly bothersome when it becomes clear that some of the witnesses arent telling the whole story.