John asked:
"In chapter 16 of Roger Torrey's excellent _42 Days for
Murder_, the Crusty Old Landlady asks Our Hero "Are you a
Sam?", to which he responds, "No. Private cop."
"So ... what's a Sam?"
Just a guess, but a federal agent, as in Uncle Sam's?
Mark
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