This is the second story to get reviewed here by my friend Josh Pachter, not counting the many he has edited in various anthologies.
Let's start with the title: Bravo. Don't you wish you had thought of it?
Helmut Erhard is a semi-retired private eye in a small Texas town, and he has appeared in several of Pachter's previous stories. In this one he is hired by the manager of a large grocery store. It has just opened and they are alr4eady having trouble with that dreaded retail problem, shrinkage, alias theft. In this case someone is sticking labels from inexpensive products on costly items, paying the lower price and then returning it for the full price.
Erhard has three days to work in the store fourteen hours a day and figure out what's going on. This is one of those stories where you see what our hero sees and should be able to figure out what he does (theoretically) , but the trick is how he gathers his evidence. Whether you guess what he's up to or not you will have fun on the ride.
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