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|title=Harry Lipkin, Private Eye: The Oldest Detective in the World

|author=Barry Fantoni

|publisher=Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited

|date=June 2012

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|summary=If you read only one book this year about an octogenarian private investigator with a spare set of dentures, this is the one. A comedic film noir pastiche (well... more film grey really) that leaves you wanting at least another 200 pages.

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Harry Lipkin may not be the fittest private investigator in Florida once you take into account his indigestion and his arthritis, but at 87 he's definitely the oldest. Despite this he still manages to make a steady living, picking up the little jobs that don't interest the police and Norma Weinberger's problem comes into that category. Small but expensive knick-knacks seem to be going missing from around the house so could it be a light-fingered member of staff? The suspects (the gardener, the butler, the maid and the chauffer) each have their own story and motive, leaving Harry to get the four down to a short list of one. A task that's perhaps a little harder than it sounds.