Sam Slater Continues The Search!

                   

Bob, an employee of the wax museum, meets with Stan, a reporter from the San Francisco Examiner. Bob tells Stan that the woman who got pushed of the cable car’s name is Debra Norton, that she works at the wax museum, and that her hair is now blonde. Bob also adds that Sam Slater has been showing up at the wax museum a lot lately. Stan agrees to continue paying Bob for information, as long as the information he provides the Examiner is solid.

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Amelia Is Cornered!

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Amelia is discovered by one of the men, to whom she provides a flimsy story about looking for her cat. The man tells her that George went to the old country—Greece for a visit. The man, who introduces himself as Eric, tells Amelia that his friend, Rodney, is interested in meeting her and traps her in the garage. After managing to break free, Amelia makes a run for it.

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Sam Makes An Interesting Discovery

The question that keeps eluding them is, Who is Debra Norton, really? Sam follows a lead that brings him to an old house, where he comes face-to-face with the missing Debra Norton, as well as several other people, who are armed. Debra softens when she discovers that John is the one who hired the Slaters to find her. Sam discovers that Debra and her sister are, in fact, twins, and that it was not Debra Norton he saved on the cable car, but, instead, saved her sister, Wilma.

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Debra worries that her past has followed her to San Francisco from Seattle. When she is pushed from a cable car, Debra is saved by private eye Sam Slater, but she does not reveal her identity to him.  A week later, Debra’s new boyfriend, John, pays a visit to Slater, who he has seen pictures of in the newspaper with Debra when the cable car accident occurred. 

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Debra (Whitney) dyes her hair red again, now matching her twin, Wilma. While following the women to work, Amelia reveals to Wilma that Ben Compton was the newspaper’s source from the bank. After assuring her charge’s safe arrival at work, Amelia heads to the DeYoung Art Museum to look for George, whom she has not seen for several days. For the first time in 40 years of work for the museum, he has not showed up to work for several days.

Settling in for a night at home with her cat, Amelia begins to worry about George again. She distracts herself by going through her mail, in which she finds a letter addressed to “Amelia Slater—Private”. The return address reads only “George”. There is a second envelope inside the first one, which says, “Open only if something happens to me. – George.” After reading the letter, Amelia gets out her gun.

Returning her attention to George’s house, Amelia sees one of the men emerging with suitcases. Amelia decides to investigate for herself. On George’s property, she first finds a large saw, which appears to have blood on it. After investigating the suitcases, which are packed with clothing in George’s size and accompanied by his heart medication, Amelia sees George’s Masonic ring in the dirt.

Amelia is discovered by one of the men, to whom she provides a flimsy story about looking for her cat. The man tells her that George went to the old country—Greece for a visit. The man, who introduces himself as Eric, tells Amelia that his friend, Rodney, is interested in meeting her and traps her in the garage. Managing to break free, Amelia makes a run for it.


Sam returns home from the boxing match with his friend, Vince, to find the television on, but no Amelia. He finds the letter from George, which explains that his nephew and his friend are “evil men” and that he is afraid for his life. The men, George reveals, are trying to use him to steal from the art museum. He goes on to say that the men have threatened his life, as well as Amelia’s, if he refuses to cooperate.

Amelia uses the San Francisco fog to her advantage to hide, and, when Eric comes near her, she takes him by surprise, hitting him with a crowbar. As Amelia makes a run for it, she is caught by Rodney, who drags her to the house.

Vince manages to wrestle Rodney down and handcuff him, saving Amelia. Amelia swings the crowbar at the now defenseless Rodney, demanding to know where George is.

Amelia explains the timeline of events and her discoveries to Sam and Vince, including the story of how she saw the men loading a body-sized object into the trunk of the car. Vince receives a phone call at the Slaters’ home. After he hangs up, he reveals that the man they know as Rodney may be the infamous “Pillowcase Rapist”, who may have raped as many as ten women. His trademark is placing a pillowcase over his victims’ faces before he rapes them. Amelia realizes that she was about to be the Pillowcase Rapist’s next victim in the garage. The men warn Amelia to be more careful in the future.

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Over the next weekend, Amelia notices a strange car outside of George’s house. Meanwhile,

she has not seen George, himself. Finally, she decides to visit her neighbor to find out what is

going on for herself. George seems upset as he explains to Amelia that his troubled nephew,

who has been in and out of jail, has come to visit. He assures her that she is safe, but urges her

to stay away until his nephew leaves, for her own safety.

Bob, an employee of the wax museum, meets with Stan, a reporter from the San Francisco

Examiner. Bob tells Stan that the woman who got pushed of the cable car’s name is Debra

Norton, that she works at the wax museum, and that her hair is now blonde. Bob also adds that

Sam Slater has been showing up at the wax museum a lot lately. Stan agrees to continue

paying Bob for information, as long as the information he provides the Examiner is solid.

Across town, another reporter meets with a source named Ben Compton, who worries that his

involvement will put Debra at risk. Assured by the reporter, Ted, that public knowledge can

help make Debra safer, he provides information regarding the identity of Debra’s sister, Wilma.

The editor decides to run the two conflicting stories about the identity of the redhead side-by-

side, to “show our readers that we take our tips seriously”.

After the story runs, the Slaters worry about Wilma’s safety, as she has now been identified, as

well as having had details about where she works made public. As the Slaters rush to do

damage control, Amelia asks Debra if her ex knows that she has a twin. She tells Amelia that

Carl knew that she had a sister and that her name was Wilma, but, no, she had not told him

that they were twins.

Sam begins to hatch a plan to lure Carl into a trap. Meanwhile, Carl decides that he needs to try

to meet Wilma at the bank where she works.

Ben starts to regret his involvement with the story in The Examiner when he doesn’t see Wilma

come to work for two days. Ben’s guilt is compounded when the bank manager intimates how

betrayed Wilma feels that someone sold her out, and he agrees to keep his ear to the ground

for any leads as to who did so. Carl comes to the bank, where he pushes Ben to introduce him

to Wilma. Since she is not at work, Carl leaves a message for her, “… Tell her I’m watching. I

know where her and her whore sister are now. Tell her I’ll be seeing her real soon.” Before

Carl drives away, Ben manages to commit part of his license plate to memory. Wracked with

guilt, Ben calls Sam Slater and tells him that he has “done a terrible thing”.

Ben visits the Slaters, and Amelia is struck by how young and afraid he seems. He admits that

he was the source for one of the Examiner stories and tells the Slaters that he feels “like Judas

selling Jesus for 40 pieces of silver”, particularly after Carl showed up at the bank to look for

Wilma. The Slaters advise Ben to stay as far away from Carl as possible.

At home that night, Amelia worries about George, unsettled by their last conversation about his

nephew. At 2 AM, she is woken from her sleep. As she looks for her cat, she notices that the

car she had seen in George’s driveway was backed up to the garage with its trunk open. Two

men are carrying an oblong object wrapped in a plaid blanket, tied by two ropes. As Amelia

watches from her bedroom window, they drive away.

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Sam and Amelia follow John to Fisherman's Wharf, where he shows the duo his latest project at the wax museum where he works, crafting figures: an installation depicting various famous San Francisco crimes through wax figures. John retrieves Debra's work application for the Slaters, and they notice that she had worked various jobs around Seattle, before coming to San Francisco. They take down her Bay Area addresses as leads.

Over lunch, they discuss the case. The question that keeps eluding them is, Who is Debra Norton, really? Sam follows a lead that brings him to an old house, where he comes face-to-face with the missing Debra Norton, as well as several other people, who are armed. Debra softens when she discovers that John is the one who hired the Slaters to find her. Sam discovers that Debra and her sister are, in fact, twins, and that it was not Debra Norton he saved on the cable car, but, instead, saved her sister, Wilma.


After having the history of Debra and Wilma explained to him, Sam rushes home to tell his wife all that he has discovered. Debra's name is not Debra at all-- it is Whitney. Whitney's ex, Carl, had mistaken her twin sister for her, which is why he had pushed her off of the cable car. Carl, as Sam has been told, suffered big gambling losses, which led to drinking, worsening his already out-of-control temper.

Carl is dedicated to finding his ex-wife, so, unbeknownst to Sam, Carl begins following him. Meanwhile, Amelia's neighbor, George, with whom she enjoys gardening, tells her that his nephew and his partner have shown up, warning her to stay away, because he doesn't want her to be exposed to any danger.

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The Sixth Installment In The Sam Slater Series- Cable Car Mystery-The first 7 chapters at a glance!

28-year-old Debra Norton returns from a date to find an intruder in her apartment.  After a narrow escape, she finds a payphone and calls her sister, Wilma, and her husband, Paul, who come to search her apartment.  They find a message scrawled in red lipstick, and they know that they have a new set of problems.  Debra worries that her past has followed her to San Francisco from Seattle.

When she is pushed from a cable car, Debra is saved by private eye Sam Slater, but she does not reveal her identity to him.  A week later, Debra’s new boyfriend, John, pays a visit to Slater, who he has seen pictures of in the newspaper with Debra when the cable car accident occurred.  He tells Slater and his wife and investigative partner, Amelia, that he has not seen Debra for over a week.  The last time that he saw her, she had completely changed her appearance, cutting her long, red hair and dyeing it blonde.  He worries that she is in real trouble, and the Slaters begin the work of unraveling the case.

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