Hunter at Large — Thomas B. Dewey

I'd like to request a leave of absence, Captain.Naturally, if you're not feeling up to things . . .A year's leave of absence, Mickey said.What you're asking for is my blessing and the prestige of this department to see you through a private manhunt. You know I can't do that.Then I'm resigning from the force, Captain.What else could he do? He'd just spent five months in the hospital because he'd been the only witness to a brutal murder.And the victim was his own wife!