The Pale Door / Death of a Ladies' Man

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Dr. Kerry hires Chad to keep tabs on his alcoholic wife, who has fallen apart after the stillborn death of their child. Chad puts his best men on the case to keep her out of trouble while he handles a case out of town. Virginia Kerry is a determined drinker, and she keeps Chad's men busy. When Chad returns, he takes over the watch. He observes the doctor returning home late. He even follows Dr. Hamid, a fellow doctor and friend of Dr. Kerry's, who leaves their house suspiciously late. So when Chad discovers that Dr. Kerry has been shot through the heart that night while Virginia lay passed out in the next room, he knows the murder must has been committed by either the wife or the late night visitor. But nothing about this case is as simple as it seems