“Book Descriptions: A Belmont Johnny Fletcher Mystery
This time the killer broke into jail to commit murder. Johnny Fletcher had to find out why.
From the back cover: Jailed for vagrancy in Minnesota, Johnny and Sam woke up to find that one of their cell mates had been murdered during the night. Facing a murder charge, they promptly broke jail and set out to find the killer in a wild tangle of suspects, but always the trail led back to the fabulous Talking Clock. The dead man's millionaire grandfather owned the priceless time-piece, and though a lot of people wanted to take it away from him, only one - which one? - had killed to get it. Johnny and his musclebound partner had to find the answer in a hurry.
Be sure to read the other Belmont Johnny Fletcher Mysteries: SWING LOW, SWING DEAD THE FRENCH KEY THE CORPSE MOVED UPSTAIRS” DRIVE